Nabeel
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A burst of stone fruit—peach and apple—arrives with citrus snap, but immediately that smoked wood creeps in like dark furniture in a sunlit room, grounding everything with leather and ginger. Within two minutes, the holy basil and bergamot create something almost medicinal, warning you this won't be a conventional fruity fragrance.
The oud blooms with a truffle-like earthiness that's distinctly unromantic, whilst damask rose and jasmine weave in and out of focus. Green, mossy notes emerge alongside that animalic musk, creating a peculiar tension—baroque florals duelling with something faintly animalistic and smoky, the composition refusing to settle into any single mood.
What remains is pure animalic richness—muscenone and musk form the foundation whilst cedarwood and gaiac wood provide dry, almost incense-like warmth. The oud softens into something more intimate, paired with the faint sweetness of sandalwood and patchouli's earthy grip, the fragrance becoming a second skin rather than a statement.
Haibah is an exercise in controlled chaos—a fragrance that announces itself with the brightness of orchard fruit before methodically dismantling your expectations. The opening salvo of apple and peach creates a deceptive sweetness, but Asghar Adam Ali anchors this with smoked wood and leather, immediately introducing an animalic undertow that prevents this from ever becoming merely fruity. There's something deliberately provocative about this accord: the crisp pineapple and bergamot sing against a backdrop of ginger and holy basil that feels medicinal, almost austere.
What emerges is a scent of contradictions—simultaneously refined and feral. The heart reveals itself as baroque and dense, dominated by Indian oud that's been tempered with truffle's earthy, slightly funky darkness. Damask rose and jasmine provide structure, but they're constantly undermined by green, herbaceous whispers and that animalic musk pushing through like an animal beneath silk. This is a fragrance that rejects comfort in favour of intrigue.
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