Dukkan
Artisans: Elkhaldi Studio.
Profile: Rosey, Herbal y Oriental.
Approach: Unscripted.
Journal Notes:
This blend was literally inspired by a Dukkan of spices (Aṭṭār عَطَّار)—tucked between other shops, yet impossible to miss, with its glorious display of herbs and spices.
The owner offered me a hot cup of a tea blend I couldn’t stop sniffing. I bought some, and day after day, brewed it, inhaled it, and wondered: Could I capture this scent in a perfume? It was floral, honeyed, earthy, and rosy—all at once. From there, I began building this composition.
Inhale this: dark, tobacco-woody Black Tea from India; roses in shades of white and pink—Turkish, Bulgarian, and Indian Rosa Alba; a delicate medley of Juhi, blossoms, and citrus, resting on a woody base of wild Indonesian ouds from Flores and Malinau and a wild Bengali Sylheti oud.
I am trying to keep blends available with some customization relevant to each. For this one, if you wanted a Saffron note added, along with more pronounced oud, go for the Zahraan add on. If you’d rather go for Oud only addition, try the Indonesian oud from Aceh. It’s floral profile is marvelous. Finally, if rosey tea is your preference, don’t miss the vintage Turkish rose. Make it your cup of tea!
You also have the option to bundle Dukkan with a 2.5gr of Zahraan (from the curated collection) with a bit of discount should you prefer to layer notes to your liking. All that said, I think the blend is beautiful the way it is, it’s perfectly floral, subtly tea.
This is Dukkan, captured in a bottle.
A slight sweet scent with a predominance of the rose accompained by a soft touch of jasmine. A light green shade of tea. Later i mainly perceive the Sylhet oud, wich i find consistent with the profile of the fragrance. In the late drydown, a soft and slightly oud base. Good job
It starts off with a beautiful sensual bouquet of florals - I mainly detect Jasmine (Juhi in Hindi) but done in a very artistic, smooth and serene way; Not at all sharp or indolic.
In about 2-3 minutes, beautiful lush roses🌹 start peaking their head through the silky-smooth bed of florals.
With all of this, there is a presence of a calming aroma of black warm ‘chai’ / tea ☕️ framing this beautiful composition. After about 10-15 minutes, the roses start to bloom in all their glory amongst the jasmines and other florals.
The tea note is prominent and helps keep the florals at bay without letting the composition get overly sharp or sweet. At the heart and base, I sense a low hum of oud that’s very tame and composed.
After about 30-40 mins, the florals 💐 are no longer in the forefront but rather share an equal footing on stage. The composition now starts to get a little sweet probably from the tea being more present. At this point the oud 🪵 is also more noticeable but still very much in the background.
At about the 2 hour mark, the oud 🪵 is quite noticeable along with the tea, and the florals are still there but not as dominant.
Brother Maher’s work on Dukkan is truly outstanding. Being my first encounter with his work left me nothing but speechless when looking at the quality, the blending and the overall concept. The florals come out strong in the first hour while the oud and the tea brew to emerge in the next hour as a beautiful smokey tea shop. Very realistic and calming without ever being too sweet or overly floral. Bonus, if you layer this with elkhaldi’s Zahraan oud&saffron, the whole composition brightens in the citruses and projects nearly the entire day. Will be a lifetime customer!
A beautiful rose tea oud combo. It has a great tea note and it does not overwhelm you. It does represent a typical tea shop from the Middle East. If you like an authentic tea note. Definitely get it
If this is what Arabic shops smell like. I wouldn’t mind pitching a sleeping bag in the middle of the store and staying a while. Dukkan hits you with herbal, clean and crisp tea/rose and juhi. You get the beautiful ouds in the backdrop. A tinge of spice but not much at all. This is gorgeous, energizing and invigorating. One of my favorite releases to date.
I'm not into tea fragrances but this is something different than your average tea frag. Rich, dark and inviting all at once. This is a winner
Honestly an amazing fragrance couldn't reccomend it more easily a top 5 fragrance within my collection an amazing oud rose with a great introduction of tea. A top tier blend and a great introduction into elkhaldi can't wait to try more.
Dukkan reminded me of an elegant, larger-than-life family matriarch. Scent is clean. Vivacious. Cacophonous. It is an explosion of floral, which reminded me a bit of Ambergris Bouquet by Elkhaldi, but with a more oudy and powdery dry down. It hits you first with a strong whiff of Juhi and rose, like you inhaled a bouquet or a spring field of blooms. The drydown is different, it is less bouquet-like and more masculine, with the black tea and oud becoming more prominent, in a sort of old world gentlemanly, powdery kind of way. I think its projection is quite long lasting. It is fitting for any occasion, and is certainly fresh enough to wear anywhere, a perfect pick me up for a gloomy weekday. A delight for sure!
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