QUIMBAYA
Scent Beyond Borders
A fragrance house rooted in the Netherlands, drawn from the Gulf desert and the Amazon rainforest.
Three places. One person.
Quimbaya is not inspired by places. It comes from living between them. A mother from South America, where the Amazon is the landscape. A childhood in the Netherlands, where the brand was founded. A life today in Abu Dhabi, where the Gulf became home.
Some stories are not invented. They are inherited through family, memory and distance.
Read our storyFrom two worlds to one bottle
Source
We travel between the Gulf region and South America to source exceptional natural materials. Oud, saffron and amber come from one world. Copaiba resin, vetiver and cacao come from the other.
Compose
Each fragrance is created to bring two geographies into harmony. The warmth of the desert meets the freshness of the rainforest, allowing both to exist in balance.
Rest
Every fragrance matures for a minimum of eight weeks. We believe patience is as important as composition, allowing every ingredient the time to settle into harmony.
Bottle
Each fragrance is filled, labelled and inspected by hand in small batches. Every bottle contains 100ml and is presented exactly as intended, with no alternative sizes or variations.
Two scents. Two identities. One essence.
Shams without Qamar is incomplete. Qamar without Shams is unseen. Worn separately, they tell their own stories. Experienced together, they become something greater.
One story. Two fragrances.
Each fragrance represents one side of our founder’s story. Together, they form the complete collection.
We source exceptional natural materials from the Gulf and South America. Every ingredient earns its place through character, depth and quality, never through cost.
Each fragrance is composed as a meeting of two worlds. The warmth of the desert. The freshness of the rainforest. Neither overpowers the other. Together, they create a composition that could belong nowhere else.