A perfume flacon held in amber light and smoke

غالية

GHALIYA

An Arabian perfume house. Oud, amber, rose, and musk, composed slowly and aged before they leave us.

The house

A small house, a long shelf, and time

Ghaliya took its name from an old word that means precious, and from the classical blend of musk, amber, and oud that perfumers once mixed by that name.

We still work that way. The oud is cut and graded by hand. The rose is the Damascene one, distilled in the spring and kept. Each blend rests in glass for months before it is poured, because a perfume, like the people who wear it, is better once it has settled.

Nothing here is made in a hurry, and nothing is made in great quantity. What we sell is what the house could finish properly this season.

The house of Ghaliya
Perfumers, by hand
The shelves of the perfume house, lined with bottles
The collection

Five we keep in stock

Open a bottle to read its notes
The Ghaliya flacon in amber light

Ghaliya

غالية

Damascene rose, oud, old musk

from $140View ›
The Layl bottle on dark silk

Layl

ليل

Oud, leather, incense

from $150View ›
The Ward Shami flacon

Ward Shami

ورد شامي

Damascene rose, saffron, oud

from $130View ›
The Anbar bottle

Anbar

عنبر

Amber, vanilla, benzoin

from $120View ›
The Misk al-Sabah bottle

Misk al-Sabah

مسك الصباح

White musk, neroli, cedar

from $110View ›
What we work in

Four materials, kept well

Oud smouldering on the coals

Oudالعود

Aged agarwood, cut and graded in the house. The spine of almost everything we make.

Amber resin

Amberعنبر

Resins and labdanum, warmed together. The note that makes a scent feel lit from inside.

Dried Damascene roses

Damascene roseالورد الشامي

Distilled from the spring harvest and kept for the year. Deep, a little spiced, never sugary.

Soft white blossom for musk

Muskمسك

Soft, clean, and patient. What holds a perfume to the skin long after the rest has spoken.

A scent is the one thing you cannot photograph. So we take our time with it.

Bakhoor smouldering in a brass burner
Bakhoor

For the house, not the skin

Alongside the perfumes we age our own bakhoor: oud chips soaked in our blends and dried, to be burned on a coal so a room takes the scent before the guests arrive.

It is sold by weight in the boutique, boxed for a gift if you ask, and it is the oldest way an Arabian house has welcomed anyone. Come in and we will burn a little for you.

Find the boutique
Visit

Come and smell them properly

The boutique

A small shop with a long counter. We will take you through the collection slowly, on paper and on skin, with coffee. No need to buy.

Hours

Saturday to Thursday10:00 - 21:00
Friday16:00 - 21:00

Reach us

+971 4 555 0142
hello@ghaliya-demo.com
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