Mamlakat Al Oud - Durrah Mauve Eau de Parfum 100 ml

Durrah Mauve is Mamlakat Al Oud's take on the oriental register, softened with floral touches rather than driven by wood alone.

The house builds around Gulf materials, and this one sits on the more approachable side of that range: the oriental base gives it weight and staying power, while the floral facet keeps it from turning heavy. The result projects generously without needing much on the skin.

How to wear it. This is a concentrated eau de parfum with real sillage — the trail it leaves behind you. Two sprays are enough for an evening; four will fill a room, which may or may not be what you want. Spray onto skin rather than clothes: fabric holds the top of a fragrance and never lets the base develop.

When it suits. Oriental compositions of this weight come into their own after dark and in cooler months. In peak summer, apply less and lower — the chest under a shirt rather than the neck — and let body heat do the projecting.

Keep the bottle in a cupboard rather than on a bathroom shelf. Heat and light break down a fragrance faster than time does.

Its floral-woody counterpart in the same collection is Durrah Tiffany, and the citrus-amber-wood reading is Durrah Pearl. Browse all Dubai perfume. Prices in AED, delivered across the UAE.