Arabesque Perfumes
Arabic tradition and European craft in equal measure.
Arabesque Perfumes, established in the UAE in 2017 under MBA Perfumes Manufacturing LLC, pursues the creative synthesis of Arabic fragrance tradition with European niche perfumery expertise. The house engages an impressive roster of international perfumers — including Yann Vasnier, Jacques Huclier, Guillaume Flavigny, and Dominique Moellhausen — to create compositions that bring Western niche quality standards to Arabian aromatic frameworks. The name itself invokes the arabesque pattern: an art form built on intricate, repeating geometric design that achieves beauty through the cumulative effect of precisely placed elements — an apt metaphor for fragrance built from careful material architecture. Arabesque's positioning celebrates creative hybridity rather than cultural purity, offering fragrances designed for consumers who want the sensual richness of oud-centric Middle Eastern perfumery married to the compositional sophistication that leading European perfumers bring to any project. The house distributes in UAE specialty retail and internationally, reaching a global niche audience.
Releases
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
