SUKKA Perfumes

SUKKA Perfumes was started in Kuala Lumpur by Alia Alhaddad during the pandemic lockdown, as a way to find joy in an uncertain time. She comes from a perfume family. Vulcan Post reported in 2022 that its parent company is The Perfume Workshop, her father's business, which has made personalised fragrances for corporate gifts and weddings for decades, and that she joined him in 2011 after years as a writer and teacher.

SUKKA makes extraits de parfum, hand-poured in small batches in Kuala Lumpur, the house says. Vulcan Post described the process: each formula is mixed in house with sugarcane-based alcohol, tested on skin and on paper strips, then poured, bottled and crimped. Alia told The Star in 2025 that she builds scents around moods rather than lists of notes, and tests them for Malaysia's hot, humid weather. The range runs from soft florals and tea scents to modern oud.

In Kuala Lumpur, the SUKKA flagship store is at Lot 60B, Level G2, Publika Shopping Gallery, Jalan Dutamas 1, open daily 10am to 10pm. It also has a corner in the Malaysian Artisan District on Level 3 of 118 Mall, and a shop at Pavilion Damansara Heights, and it is sold in 117 Guardian stores around Malaysia. On its own site prices run from RM127 for scents such as High Tea at the Ritz to RM350 for Rose of the Sea. Try High Tea at the Ritz first: the founder named it as the place for newcomers to start, an afternoon tea of honeysuckle, Earl Grey, rice, iris and sandalwood.