04.09.2026
Which fragrance for which season?
Heat amplifies, cold contains: how to adapt your fragrance family and dosage throughout the year.
Le Journal Atyab
Le Journal Atyab
04.09.2026
Layering: how to layer your perfumes without mistakes
Layering two perfumes can create a unique signature — or a mess. Simple rules to stay on the right side of things.
04.09.2026
Unisex perfume: why oriental perfumery ignores gender
The separation of men and women is a Western commercial convention. Here is why it never caught on in the Gulf.
04.09.2026
15, 50, 100, or 200 ml: which perfume size should you choose?
How long a bottle lasts, which size for which use, and why the large formats from the Gulf don't exist in Europe.
04.09.2026
Why does a perfume not smell the same on everyone?
pH, sebum, diet, temperature: what makes the same perfume become unrecognizable from one skin type to another.
04.09.2026
Hersh, the signature series from Alezz Oud
A house specializing in oud, a concise and highly concentrated line of perfumes: what sets the Hersh series apart.
04.09.2026
Reef: how to read the Saudi house's catalogue
Numérotés, Arabs, Pure, Summer, Niche: Reef's five lines explained, and which one to start with.
04.09.2026
Which perfume to give? Gift guide by profile
How to gift a perfume without making a mistake: the universally appealing scent families, those to avoid, and what to choose based on the person.
04.09.2026
Sandalwood, the backbone of woody fragrances
Creamy, milky, subtle: why sandalwood is the most widely used ingredient for adding longevity without weighing things down.
04.09.2026
Amber in perfumery: what it really is
Amber is neither a fossil resin nor ambergris: it is an accord. Explanation, ingredients and fragrances.
04.09.2026
Musk: white, animalic, oriental — how to navigate it
What the word musk covers in modern perfumery, why it smells like almost nothing at first, and how to choose it.
04.09.2026
Saffron in perfumery: the signature ingredient of the Gulf
Why saffron is everywhere in Arabian perfumes, what it actually smells like, and which ingredients it works well with.