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Perfume-making ... hobby for many Kuwaitis |
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Monday, 31 May 2010 23:24 |
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KUWAIT, May 31 (KUNA) -- Perfume-making is an activity that has attracted many Kuwaitis, and has became a topic for specialized training courses held in universities and institutes.
Gulf people are famous for mixing scented oils to make perfumes like 'Oud' and 'Mokhallat'.
They buy concentrated perfume oils from Southeast Asian countries and mix them and sell them after putting them in small glass containers.
Oud oil, which is taken from the brown blackish Oud wood, has a strong nice smell. There are several kinds of Oud oil like Indian, Burmese, Cambodian, and Malaysian. One 'toula' (about 12 grams) of the mixtures, could be sold for as much as KD 160.
Salem Sultan, a perfume maker, told KUNA that he attended exhibitions in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Ethiopia.
He said he began making perfumes years ago after visits to Southeast Asian countries.
Eastern oils are difficult to deal with and require precise measurements, he pointed out.
He noted that it was best to keep perfumes in dark containers and in dark, dry places, away from direct sunlight to preserve them. - Kuna
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