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المجلة

المجلة · 6 د · بقلم Editorial

داخل الخزنة، بعد الدوام.

Eighteen and a half degrees, fifty-five percent humidity, four hundred and twelve drawers. Our archive in numbers.

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المجلة

المجلة · 11 د · بقلم N. Rifaat

هندسة الأثر.

What it really means when a fragrance 'projects', why most reviewers get it wrong, and how to read a sillage curve.

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المجلة

المجلة · 9 د · بقلم Y. A. Fadel

العود، بلا ابتذال.

Reading the agarwood market in 2026: what counts as real oud, what counts as oud-adjacent, and why most house blurbs lie a little.

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المجلة

المجلة · 5 د · بقلم Editorial

قاعدة القارورة الثانية.

When to buy a backup, when to chase a vintage, and when the right answer is simply to wear something else.

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مكان

مكان · 12 د · بقلم N. Rifaat

القاهرة، بعد الغروب.

A walking shortlist for the city at night, indexed against the fragrances that best answer to each room.

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In Focus

In Focus · 8 د · بقلم Y. A. Fadel

Sauvage at Full Concentration.

From eau de toilette to Elixir: how François Demachy distilled a decade of his own blueprint into something finally worth the name.

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Retrospective

Retrospective · 9 د · بقلم N. Rifaat

Aventus at Fifteen.

The fruity chypre that became a benchmark, a mythology, and a minor industry. Why, fifteen years on, nothing has credibly replaced it.

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Comparison

Comparison · 7 د · بقلم Editorial

Three Blues, One House.

Chanel has issued Bleu in three concentrations across fourteen years. The same idea, three different arguments. Which one is the right one?

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Family Study

Family Study · 8 د · بقلم Y. A. Fadel

The Vanilla Axis.

Kayali Vanilla 28, Mancera Coco Vanille, Mancera Roses Vanille. Three houses, three approaches to the most consumed note in perfumery.

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In Focus

In Focus · 7 د · بقلم N. Rifaat

Scandal, Two Movements.

Jean Paul Gaultier launched Scandal in 2017 and Scandal Absolu in 2022. The same name, different premises. On what the house learned between them.

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Comparison

Comparison · 6 د · بقلم Editorial

The Eros Problem.

Versace has issued three Eros concentrations across nine years, each by a different perfumer. How a brand manages a name that outlives any single formula.

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Place

Place · 8 د · بقلم Y. A. Fadel

Gulf Reading: Madawi.

Arabian Oud has been making perfume in Riyadh for forty years. Madawi is an argument for why Gulf perfumery has been doing Oriental correctly all along.

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Retrospective

Retrospective · 5 د · بقلم Editorial

A Million, Revised.

Paco Rabanne launched 1 Million in 2008. Seventeen years later it is still in the top ten masculine fragrances worldwide. On what longevity like that actually means.

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