Amouage

Today I was invited to a perfume factory with some locals. I'm up for some fun and agree to go. We all met at the school and decided to take two cars. My first clue should have been opening the door to a Porsche Cayenne and sitting in the passenger's seat. I sat and attempted not to let my drool escape my mouth. The ladies wanted to tour the perfume factory. We drove up to Amouage "The Gift of Kings". We walk in and were escorted past Omani guards into a private section. There were over a dozen vats of perfume "aging" at a low temperature. After they explained the process they stated the perfume could stay on an item up to 5 years. Everything was handled by hand in the packing area. The men filled up bottles with small tubes. The women cleaned and packaged the items. The smelling area had small cups of coffee beans and sliced lemon to cleanse the olfactory palate. Today they were having a discount for some of the perfumes. Their discount prices were up to 50% off and ranged from 40 OR to 180 OR ($104 - $480 American dollars) for 100ml. So, I just brought samples home to try their 5 year smell test.