Il Diwan
In an Arab home, no one chooses the perfume for the guest: the tray is offered, and the guest composes his own.
Five fragrances from the maison, in five two-millilitre vials. Which five is yours to decide.
THE TRAY
Five seats, five different fragrances
Each seat takes one fragrance only: the tray never carries the same perfume twice. Tap a name to send it up, tap it again to send it back down.
After buying the Diwan, you'll receive 10€ off the full bottle.
YOUR DIWAN
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TAIF AL EMARAT
PRIMA CHIC
THE STORY
Diwan is the room where guests are received. And it is the collection in which a poet sets his verses in a row, one after another. You enter both of them in order to choose.
The room
In the majlis people sit in a circle, and before words comes scent: the incense passes from hand to hand, the tray goes round. Nobody decides for the guest which fragrance resembles him. The tray is set down in front of him, and everyone waits.
The choice
A host does not fear choice: he offers it. This is the opposite of a pre-packed sampler, where someone else has already decided what you ought to try. The five fragrances in this box are not ours. They are yours, and no two trays are alike.
The evening
A perfume is judged in the evening, not at the first spray. That takes time: wearing it to work, in the rain, to dinner, on the skin of a whole day. Two millilitres are enough for that — fifty sprays, not a taste.
THE VIAL
- 2 ml
- millilitres per fragrance
- ~50
- sprays in each
- 5
- different fragrances
This is not a counter sample: it is the same formula, the same concentration and the same batch as the full bottle, decanted by hand into a glass that fits in a pocket. Fifty sprays are two weeks of living with it — the time it takes to know whether a perfume is yours, or only resembles you for an hour.
QUESTIONS
Before you compose
Can I choose the same fragrance twice?
No. The tray carries five different perfumes: that is the point of the box — five paths, not the same one five times.
How long does a 2 ml vial last?
About fifty sprays: two weeks of wearing it daily. Enough to know it on your own skin, at different hours and in different weather.
How does the box arrive?
The five vials travel together, each one carrying the name of the fragrance inside.
Can I give it as a gift?
Yes. Whoever receives it finds five fragrances chosen by you. If you would rather leave the choosing to them, there is the gift card.
And if I then want the full bottle?
Each vial carries the name of the perfume inside: once you have decided, you will know exactly which one to look for. And the full bottle costs 10€ less: write to us when you are ready, and we will apply it.