Sunday, January 30, 2011

Ittar lane

Just off of the gold souk is the lane of perfumers selling the most delicate and heady traditional hand-distilled ittars and essences in tiny jewel-box stores.
Posted by Fat Sister at 8:55 PM
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  1. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    Hi,

    We will be stopping over at Dubai on our way to India. What were some of the nicer finds you discovered in the spice souk at Dubai?

    Thanks,
    Sreeparna

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    1. Fat SisterAugust 22, 2012 at 11:24 PM

      The spice souk in Dubai is lined with dealers and wholesale shops filled to-the-brim with goods from all over Asia and the middle east. I stocked-up on spices like sumac and aleppo peppers from North Africa, and dried Persian rosebuds from Isfahan in Iran. I also bought handmade Iraqi surma from a herbalist who carried natural cosmetics and traditional medicinal remedies. I picked up concentrates of oudh and musk from one of the shops in the ittar lane, which the proprietor poured into beautiful Moroccan, filigreed perfume bottles. In the gold souk, I steered clear of the modern diamond jewellery, that you can find anywhere else, and focused on antique bedouin pieces and regional enamelwork from Oman.

      I recommend saving at least an afternoon to wander through all the old bylanes with plenty of time to browse!

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