Genuine Saudi – Saudi Arabian Brands that Went Internationally Renowned. Abdul Samad Al Qurashi
While Abdul Samad Al Qurashi’s story began in 1852, he founded the first perfumery that bears his name in 1932 and the legacy has been passed down from generation to generation. Following in their father’s footsteps, each of his four sons initially opened their own fragrance shops but now the family joined the efforts to build a fragrance empire which is currently valued at 1 billion usd.
Store front of one of the Al Qurashi shops, a journey back into time.
Abdul Samad Al Qurashi travelled all his life in search for the best quality sources of ingredients for his fragrances and the secret recipes of blends were passed down from the grandparents to the ancestors.
He travelled to China to return with litchi fruits, crossed Europe in search of amber, vanilla flower, lavender and bergamot, brought lotus flower from Thailand and gardenia flower from Japan, searched for the rarest oud in India, Vietnam and Cambodia.
As the story tells, Al Qurashi has spent just 400 Saudi Riyal to open his shop in Mecca. The word of mouth about his fine selection of premium attar has soon spread, and he became very famous among Hajj pilgrims and the locals. Soon his second shop opened in Taif.
The Al Qurashi perfume house had an honor to create a special personalized blend dedicated to the King of Saudi Arabia.
Store front of one of the Al Qurashi shops, modern times.
I believe Abdul Samad Al Qurashi’s zeal and dedication will be acknowledged by anyone who learns his story and smells the results of his life-long passion of creating the most amazing fragrances using the finest ingredients. It will be well worthy to just step into Abdul Samad Al Qurashi boutique and ask to smell just a couple of oils. For the truly Arabian experience request blends containing musk and Taif rose extract (Taif rose is an extremely rare and valuable ingredient originating in Saudi Arabia).
The brand also offers a wide range of balms and hair and body products that come at affordable prices.
Mohammed Al Qurashi, the CEO of the company, was mentioned in the Forbes Middle East and also has his personal website
