A letter from the founders

We are two French founders living in the United Arab Emirates. We created INKÛNU to explore the connection between places, scent and memory.

Travel notebook and sketches that inspired INKÛNU
Opening of the INKÛNU founders’ travel letter
Handwritten INKÛNU note about journeys and memory
We propose the journey. The memory is yours. Mehdi & Yasin

Why we created INKÛNU

INKÛNU brings together French perfume expertise and Middle Eastern inspiration, through our shared interest in travel and scent.

We begin with a place, then consider what gives it an atmosphere: its light, its textures, the feeling it leaves behind.

Our intention is to express that feeling through fragrance. A destination is the starting point; the experience of wearing it is yours.

Read the letter

Some journeys end.
Others stay with us.

Sometimes through a place.
Sometimes through a feeling.
And sometimes, through a scent.

Mehdi & Yasin