Arabian Oud

Arabian Oud began in Riyadh in 1982, when Abdul Aziz Al Jasser opened the first Arabian Oud kiosk in the city's old Alzal souk. It is still run by the family: Images RetailME named him as founder and Omar Al Jasser as group chief executive in 2023. A 2026 sector report by Brandmine found no venture capital, private equity or state fund behind it.

The house says it makes its perfume in a group of its own factories in Riyadh, under a Saudi Made label, and sends out more than 50,000 perfumes a day from there. It sells over 400 products: sprays, oud and musk oils sold by the tola, oud wood, incense and home scents. Images RetailME reported that it planted 75,000 oud trees in 2012 and set up the first fragrance factory in the kingdom run only by women.

In Riyadh it has its own shops all over the city, so the question is which one to visit. For some atmosphere, go to the old market district of Al Dirah, where it has branches in Souq Al Suwaiqa and in the Al Muaiqiliya market on Turki Ibn Abdullah Street. For a mall, there is one on the ground floor of Riyadh Park in Al Aqeeq. On its Saudi site, a 100 ml bottle of Kalemat costs 395 riyals, and a quarter tola of the oil Mukhallat Nagdy Malaky costs 76 riyals. Try Kalemat first, whose name is Arabic for words: saffron and cinnamon on a warm base of vanilla and sandalwood.