Hind Al Oud
Founded 2001
Luxury oud house founded in Dubai in 2001 by Mohamed Hilal, who trained as a pilot before turning to perfume. The brand says it builds each scent around an emotion. It is the lead brand of the Mohamed Hilal Group, which also owns Anfasic Dokhoon and Khaltat.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
A Dubai oud house that starts with an emotion
Hind Al Oud is a Dubai perfume house started in 2001 by Mohamed Hilal, who trained as a pilot in the United States before he left flying to build the brand. The house says each perfume begins not with ingredients but with an emotion, and it treats oud as a material to rework, not only as a cultural symbol.
It makes perfumes in three main collections, Private, Signature and 183, plus oud and dokhoon, oils and gift sets. Agarwood sits in the base of many of them, and some use Hilal's Wood, the house's own blend of oud from different origins. The house does not say where its perfumes are made.
In Dubai it runs its own boutiques. The one in The Dubai Mall is on the First Floor by the Cinema Parking, and its store list also names City Walk, Wafi Mall, Mirdif City Centre and Sunset Mall on Jumeirah Road. A 50 ml Signature perfume costs AED 770. Try Sheikh A first: it was the first fragrance the house made, spice over agarwood with a sweet amber finish, so it shows where the range began.
- Sheikh AThe house's first fragrance, inspired by royalty: spices and agarwood that settle into sweet amber.
- Emarati MuskA tribute to the UAE, where musk has long stood for honour, built on date, vanilla and white musk.
- Dubai MistMade for the people who came to Dubai with little more than hope, with musk at its heart.
- BarariThe green desert in winter, caught in ginger and rose over agarwood.
- CrimsonGreen tea and blackcurrant over Hilal's Wood, the house blend of oud from several origins.
Where to buy
- The Dubai Mall, First Floor, Cinema Parking
- City Walk, 16 Al Safa Road, Ground Floor
- Wafi Mall, Sheikh Rashid Road, Umm Hurair 2, Floor 1
- Mirdif City Centre
- Sunset Mall, 500 Jumeirah Road, Ground Floor, Shop 25
In our city guides
- Hind Al Oud at The Dubai Mall (Boutique, Dubai)