Luxury Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani is preparing to launch a new collection of Arabian-themed perfumes, reports Relay.
The Armani-Privé label will launch the ‘1001 Nights’ collection of three new fragrances that pay homage to popular Arabic oud scents.
The capsule collection includes the Oud Royal fragrance, which opens with woody notes of oud, along with notes of amber, spices, and myrrh and frankincense extracts.
The second fragrance, Rose d’Arabie, has a base note of rose from Arabia, and is joined by spicy slivers of saffron, patchouli and amber.
The third perfume, Ambre Orient, consists of amber notes plus scents of thyme, frankincense, patchouli red, oud, vanilla and sandalwood.
The scents are presented in simple black glass bottle with a rectangular gold plate to showcase the designer and the name of the perfume.
Arabs have embraced fragrant Oud oils for centuries. Few perfume oils have the mystique of Oud. Made from the fragrant resin found in Aquilaria trees, Oud is also referred to as ‘Agarwood, Aloeswood and ‘Eaglewood.’
Agarwood is believed to have originated in the Assam region of India, and from there spread throughout southeast Asia. Oud now comes from India, Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines.