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Milan in spirit. Made in the Emirates.

Maison Milan composes extrait de parfum in the United Arab Emirates, with an Italian eye for proportion. Modern, refined, and never more than it needs to be.

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L'ispirazione

Milano, in every detail

The house is named for a city it carries everywhere. What we make in the Emirates is measured against what Milan taught us: patience, proportion and the pleasure of things done properly.

Milano45.46° N · 9.19° E
Dubai25.20° N · 55.27° E
  • Il Duomo

    Patience

    Milan's cathedral took almost six centuries to finish. We give a composition the time it needs, and release it only when nothing more can be taken away.

  • La Galleria

    Beauty underfoot

    The mosaic floor of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is the pattern you see on our black bands: a reminder that even the floor deserves care.

  • Il Design

    Proportion first

    From the city of design we borrow one rule: proportion over decoration. Every note earns its place, or it goes.

  • La Moda

    Cut to fit

    Like Milanese tailoring, a fragrance should fit the one who wears it: close to the body, precise, never loud.

Milano

An Italian eye

The house takes its name and its manners from Milan: proportion, restraint and a love of things that are made properly. Nothing loud, nothing wasted.

You will find it in the bottles, in the way each composition is edited, and in the quiet confidence of a scent that does not need to announce itself.

Gli Emirati

Composed in the UAE

Maison Milan works from the Emirates, in the tradition of the region's oud and amber, and composes for anywhere.

The result sits between two places: Italian in its restraint, Arabian in its depth.

L'extrait

The most concentrated form

Every bottle is an extrait de parfum, the most concentrated form a fragrance takes. One press at the throat and one at each wrist is the whole application.

The concentration is why a bottle lasts, and why the base note is still there at the end of the day.

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Il dono

Sent to be handed over

Every order goes out in discreet, unmarked packaging, as though it were going to be handed over rather than delivered. It can go to an office, or to the person receiving it, without announcing itself first.

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Il metodo

One idea, until nothing more can be removed

  1. A single idea

    Every fragrance begins with one idea, not a brief.

  2. Edited down

    It is developed until nothing more can be removed.

  3. Top, heart, base

    A top that introduces it, a heart that carries it, and a base that stays.

Nothing is added to make a bottle sell.

The house rule

Begin with these

  • Dubai 55
    Floral

    Dubai 55

    Bergamot, Bulgarian Rose

    Dhs. 129
  • Velvet Dune
    Oud & Woods

    Velvet Dune

    Saffron, Jasmine, Amberwood

    Dhs. 99
  • Arabian Opulence
    Floral

    Arabian Opulence

    Hibiscus, Damask Rose, Leather

    Dhs. 99

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