Khamrah Dukhan

Lattafa presents Khamrah Dukhan in 2025, as an Eau de Parfum. The Arabic word dukhan refers to smoke. The house claims as inspiration the Middle Eastern ritual of burning perfume, a practice in which resins and woods are burned to perfume the air. The composition is available in 2 ml and 100 ml.

Top

Mandarin opens on a sparkling, sun-kissed brightness. Chili pepper brings spices with hints of black pepper and warmth. Cinnamon evokes bark and wood, while nutmeg is at once warm, fresh and woody. Dates add their warm sugar, heightened with spice.

Heart

Incense, camphoraceous and waxy, echoes the smoke of the name. Patchouli brings an earthy moistness, and orange blossom a sweet, powdery, waxy texture. Tobacco evokes honey and almond. Labdanum and cistus carry amber, resin and caramel. Praline offers a toasted, hazelnut-like sugar.

Base

Tobacco and praline reappear at this tier, alongside tonka bean, toasted, almondy and caramelized. Benzoin, a balsamic resin, extends this register with accents of vanilla, caramel and toasted almond.

Gourmand, oriental, amber

The gourmand facet owes to dates, praline and tonka bean, materials evoking confectionery and cooked sugar. The oriental and amber facets come from incense, labdanum, cistus and benzoin. These warm resins have long been paired with spices in amber accords.

What the label declares

The declared list includes limonene, present in citrus essences such as mandarin. It also cites linalool and citronellol, alcohols common in flowers and citrus fruits, as well as coumarin, a molecule characteristic of tonka bean. Benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal and alpha-isomethyl ionone belong to floral and powdery registers.