Nothing synthetic at the heart
Top notes may be built in the lab, but every heart is a natural oud, rose, or resin. The middle of a scent is where honesty lives.
The House
A house that measures time in maceration, not in seasons.
Oud & Amber began as a single copper still on the Red Sea coast. Three generations later, the still is still lit.
In 1974, Abdullah Al-Amoudi traded oud from a single stall in Jeddah’s old souq, distilling attar at night in a copper still his father had carried up from Hadramout. He never wrote a formula down — he said a nose that needs paper is not yet a nose.
His granddaughter, Reem, composes for the house now. She kept the copper still, the nine-month rule, and the stubbornness — and added just one thing: a ledger, so the archive would not leave with her the way it nearly left with him.
The house rules
Nine months, no exceptions
We have turned down deadlines, ministries, and weddings rather than release a scent before it has rested. It has never once been the wrong call.
The nose over the label
We do not chase a note because it sells. If the composition does not move Reem, it does not get a bottle.
Refill, don’t discard
Every flacon is engraved and returnable. A bottle from 1974 can still be refilled at the same counter it was bought from.
The noses
RA
Reem Al-Amoudi
Master Perfumer · Third generation
TN
Tariq Nassar
Oud Buyer
HS
Hessa Al-Sayed
Composition
OB
Omar Baeshen
Maceration & Cellar
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