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Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Mukhatib opens on chocolate and rose, an unusual gourmand-floral pairing that leads with cocoa-toned sweetness against a rose backbone. Petals and vanilla soften the heart, before a woodsy base laced with saffron brings warmth and a light spiced edge that lasts into the evening.
Mukhatib opens on a gourmand-floral combination that is not especially common: chocolate paired directly with rose. Chocolate brings a dark, slightly bitter cocoa sweetness rather than a dessert-like one, and rose sits alongside it as a true floral counterpoint, keeping the opening from tipping fully into gourmand territory. The heart continues in a similar register with petals and vanilla, where the petals note reads as a softer, more diffuse floral wash rather than a single distinct flower, and vanilla adds a creamy sweetness that bridges the cocoa-rose opening into the base. The base itself shifts the composition toward drier, warmer territory: a general woodsy accord provides structure and depth, while saffron threads through it with its distinctive leathery, faintly medicinal spice. Saffron is the note that gives the base its character, turning what could be a simple sweet-woody finish into something with a bit more edge and warmth. In total, Mukhatib reads as a rose-chocolate gourmand that resolves into a spiced, woody drydown rather than a straightforward sweet floral. The pairing of cocoa and rose at the top is unusual enough to be the fragrance's clearest signature, and everything that follows is built to support rather than overwrite it. Saffron and the general woodsy accord are given enough space in the base that the fragrance never turns purely gourmand, which keeps it well clear of tipping into an overly sugary register at any point.
The early stage belongs to chocolate and rose together, and this pairing is the most distinctive part of the fragrance — cocoa-toned but not sugary, floral but not soft. As that opening settles, the petals and vanilla in the heart come forward, smoothing the contrast between chocolate and rose into a rounder, creamier accord. From there, the base takes over gradually: the woodsy structure builds first, giving the composition more weight, and saffron becomes more apparent as the fragrance dries down, adding a warm, spiced note that lingers longest. By the later hours, the chocolate-rose opening has faded well into the background, and what is left is a warm, woody, saffron-tinged base with only a trace of the original sweetness. The shift from gourmand-floral to spiced-woody is one of the more pronounced transformations in the range, so the fragrance reads quite differently at the start and end of its wear. Anyone drawn in by the chocolate-rose opening should expect the base to move somewhere noticeably drier and more resinous rather than staying in that same sweet, gourmand register for the whole wear.
Mukhatib is built as a unisex fragrance. The chocolate-rose opening and the woodsy-saffron base both draw on note families that sit comfortably across genders.
Mukhatib suits anyone drawn to gourmand fragrances with a floral and spiced edge, and works best in cooler weather where the chocolate-rose opening and saffron-woodsy base have room to sit close to the skin without being overwhelmed by heat.
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Wide range of budget friendly to relatively high end priced perfume brands. Rayhan, Armaf, French Avenue, Brandy, Lattafa just to mention a few. They also sell a 10ml of any brand you like, good for testing before you commit to the whole bottle.
This store reminds me of my days in Dubai. Prices are competitive and most probably the best I have found on the market. Amazing perfumes!
Shahed was very welcoming and friendly… He was knowledgeable about the perfumes and took the time to understand what I was looking for before recommending a fragrance that suited my preferences perfectly.
What a good find! A place where you can smell all the Dubai perfumes. Monique assisted us and she was very helpful. Will see you soon!
Customer service 10/10. Tamzyn helped me she was very nice energetic and helpful… when I heard the price I had to take it. So very affordable in my opinion.
The quality of the fragrances is outstanding. The oils and perfumes are impressive and has longevity… I will definitely be returning and recommending this shop to others.
He was very helpful and friendly as I did not have a clue of what I wanted to get for my mom… It smells very nice. I got compliments at work… I would recommend people to go here.
Brandy Designs is a perfume brand from the United Arab Emirates, and we're its sole South African distributor.
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Yes. We're the sole South African distributor for Khadlaj, Orientica, Mural de Ruitz, La Beauté, Brandy Designs, Al Badar and Ilham. We buy their perfumes from the brands themselves, and each bottle arrives sealed in its original box.
Yes. You can test any perfume in our shops before you buy, and take home a 5ml, 10ml or 18ml decant to try first.
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We dispatch most weekday orders placed before 14:00 the same day, and delivery across South Africa takes 3–5 working days to major cities and 3–7 working days to outlying areas. You'll get a tracking number by email as soon as your order ships.
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Mukhatib opens on chocolate and rose, an unusual gourmand-floral pairing that leads with cocoa-toned sweetness against a rose backbone. Petals and vanilla soften the heart, before a woodsy base laced with saffron brings warmth and a light spiced edge that lasts into the evening. What Does Mukhatib Smell Like?Mukhatib opens on a gourmand-floral combination that is not especially common: chocolate paired directly with rose. Chocolate brings a dark, slightly bitter cocoa sweetness rather than a dessert-like one, and rose sits alongside it as a true floral counterpoint, keeping the opening from tipping fully into gourmand territory. The heart continues in a similar register with petals and vanilla, where the petals note reads as a softer, more diffuse floral wash rather than a single distinct flower, and vanilla adds a creamy sweetness that bridges the cocoa-rose opening into the base. The base itself shifts the composition toward drier, warmer territory: a general woodsy accord provides structure and depth, while saffron threads through it with its distinctive leathery, faintly medicinal spice. Saffron is the note that gives the base its character, turning what could be a simple sweet-woody finish into something with a bit more edge and warmth. In total, Mukhatib reads as a rose-chocolate gourmand that resolves into a spiced, woody drydown rather than a straightforward sweet floral. The pairing of cocoa and rose at the top is unusual enough to be the fragrance's clearest signature, and everything that follows is built to support rather than overwrite it. Saffron and the general woodsy accord are given enough space in the base that the fragrance never turns purely gourmand, which keeps it well clear of tipping into an overly sugary register at any point. How Does It Develop Through the Day?The early stage belongs to chocolate and rose together, and this pairing is the most distinctive part of the fragrance — cocoa-toned but not sugary, floral but not soft. As that opening settles, the petals and vanilla in the heart come forward, smoothing the contrast between chocolate and rose into a rounder, creamier accord. From there, the base takes over gradually: the woodsy structure builds first, giving the composition more weight, and saffron becomes more apparent as the fragrance dries down, adding a warm, spiced note that lingers longest. By the later hours, the chocolate-rose opening has faded well into the background, and what is left is a warm, woody, saffron-tinged base with only a trace of the original sweetness. The shift from gourmand-floral to spiced-woody is one of the more pronounced transformations in the range, so the fragrance reads quite differently at the start and end of its wear. Anyone drawn in by the chocolate-rose opening should expect the base to move somewhere noticeably drier and more resinous rather than staying in that same sweet, gourmand register for the whole wear. Is It for Men or Women?Mukhatib is built as a unisex fragrance. The chocolate-rose opening and the woodsy-saffron base both draw on note families that sit comfortably across genders. Who It's ForMukhatib suits anyone drawn to gourmand fragrances with a floral and spiced edge, and works best in cooler weather where the chocolate-rose opening and saffron-woodsy base have room to sit close to the skin without being overwhelmed by heat. | Regular price
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| Brandy Designs | Eau de Parfum | Chocolate, Rose | Petals, Vanilla | Woody Notes, Saffron |
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Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
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