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The Michigan Street Scenting North America
Seven Arabian-style fragrance shops sit within three miles of one another in Dearborn, MI, America’s first Arab-majority city. Zajil Abuhamra was nine years old in Buffalo, in the US state of New York, when he asked his mother why the family could not burn bakhoor every day. “We can’t,” she told him. “It’s only for…
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Canada’s Biggest Fragrance Community Finally Meets in Person
A community that has lived almost entirely online is gathering in person for the first time on August 9, at a King Street boutique in Toronto. For as long as it has existed, the Canadian fragrance community has been a community mostly in the abstract: a scroll of avatars, a thread of arguments about batch…
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New Fragrance Laws are Nothing to Sneeze At
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ-๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ.โฃโฃ For fragrance enthusiasts and independent perfumers, a masterfully composed scent is an invisible piece of architecture, built from raw materials that shift and breathe on the skin over hours. For decades, the trade secrets behind these liquid arts were…
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Cheating Without Cheating: Use Fragrances to Ace Your Exams
โฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ โฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ.โฃ โฃYou are sitting in an exam room. Did you study? Oh yes, you definitely studied. But the answers do not come.โฃ โฃYou can almost see the page the information was on, your bright yellow…
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Dubai’s Fragrance Industry Says It’s Business as Usual. It Isn’t.
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข๐ชโ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญโ๐๐โ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐บ. On the surface, nothing may…
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From Sunnah to Signature Scent: Islamโs Fragrant Legacy
How a 1,400-year-old tradition of perfume wearing by Muslims shaped cultures, modern perfumery and even Guerlain legend Thierry Wasserโs philosophy One of the biggest drivers behind wearing fragrances in the world, whether one wants to believe in a religion or not, is undoubtedly Islam, a faith followed by more than 1.8 billion. I can already…
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The Dragonโs Blood and Frankincense Company in Richmond Hill Making Waves Worldwide
Meet Ali K. Raza, the young owner of one of the only North American wholesale suppliers of all-natural incense and essential oils. โCome take a look at this!โ my new friend exclaimed, proudly pointing at a plastic bag filled with what appeared to be off-white stones labelled โSultan Selectโ. โThis is the highest-grade frankincense we…
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How US Tariffs Drive Up Perfume Prices, Disrupt Supply Chains and Force Brands to Make Painful Decisions
They huff and puff and blow apart the best-laid plans of perfume companies selling in the United States, resulting in higher prices for fragrance fans across America. Yes, Iโm talking about the US tariffs. Thereโs nothing theoretical about them, and theyโre already biting hard. What tariffs really mean Starting in early 2025, the US government…