مجلة حنين

The Ontology of Olfaction

Written by Adill Ali; Read time: 25 mins. Abstract This essay examines olfaction as a privileged entry into questions of being, drawing together phenomenology, classical and contemporary metaphysic...

Relational Perfumery and the Mathematics of Scent.

Written by Adill Ali Introduction This entry explores the epistemological relationship between mathematics and olfaction, proposing that both disciplines reveal knowledge through the perception of ...

The Epistemology of Olfaction: Scent, Knowledge, and the Ethics of Beauty

Written by Adill Ali Introduction Among the five senses, smell has long occupied a marginal position in the hierarchy of knowledge. Philosophers from Plato to Kant treated it as a lower faculty, to...

Perfume After the Ingredient: Notes on Material, Meaning, and Context

Written by Adill Ali Introduction We talk about perfume as if categories could explain it: niche, artisanal, natural, synthetic, material driven, concept driven. Categories help with shelving; they...

Sumatran Ghaliya: A Modern Canvas of an Ancient Perfume

There are perfumes that decorate, and there are perfumes that honour. Ghaliya has always been the latter. Born in the candle-lit majlis of Umayyad and Abbasid courts, ghaliya was more than fragranc...

The Rose and the Kaʿba: Tracing the Sacred Scent from Anatolia to Taʾif

Originally produced for Hunayn by Dr. Aliya Ali Roses have long held significance in Islamic culture, not only as botanical marvels but as materials embedded in rituals of devotion, memory, and san...

From Conquest to Camphor: The Islamic Transformation of Scent Culture

This is a continuation of our series on the history of perfumery in the Islamic Tradition Originally produced for Hunayn by Dr. Aliya Ali When Muslim armies and merchants pushed eastward in the 7th...

The Signature Scents of Empires

Originally produced for Hunayn by Dr. Aliya Ali In the early Islamic world, scent was more than a luxury, it was a statement of power, prestige and cultural exchange. From the 7th century onward, a...

From Spice Routes to Scented Courts: A Pre-Islamic History of Perfume

Originally produced for Hunayn by Dr. Aliya Ali   Perfume has a unique power: it brings memories to life in vivid colour. A single drop can transport us across time and place in a way nothing else ...

New Beginnings: Hunayn’s Signature Perfumes Now in 30ml.

At Hunayn, each bottle is a story. With time, stories evolve and so do our creations. We’re excited to announce that all current perfumes will now be available in 30ml bottles, each limited to just...