The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Tears of Poppy emerged from an unscripted process, released in 2025 as part of The High Notes Collection. The fragrance was built around the poppy itself, paired with opium accord and fig tree notes, enhanced by green notes and airy accord. These materials capture something between tears and beauty, innocence and addiction. That's what Yusuf Bhai wanted to bottle. Not a story about Dubai or tradition. Just that moment when a name becomes a scent you can't stop thinking about. The composition brings together materials that feel both beautiful and edged with something harder to name. Opium and fig, green notes and air create an olfactory tension that refuses easy resolution.
The poppy is the key. It brings a quality that isn't quite floral and isn't quite bitter, occupying a space between tenderness and something more complicated. Paired with opium accord, the composition gains warmth without heaviness, a sleepy depth that doesn't overpower. The fig tree notes do something unexpected: they bring green freshness, but also a milky, intimate undertone that makes the whole thing feel closer to skin than to air. Dew drop and airy accord float on top, keeping everything translucent. The result is a fragrance that feels both fresh and warm, intimate and weightless.
The evolution
First breath: dewy green, fig leaf, the freshness of water left on something alive. The airy accord lifts everything so it reads more like atmosphere than perfume. No harsh edges. No confrontation. Just light and transparency. Then the handoff. The green settles back and something warmer moves forward, opium accord, soft as afternoon heat through gauze. Something gentler here. Hypnotic without being heavy. The poppy arrives quietly, too: a floral nuance with a slight bitterness underneath, like the aftertaste of something sweet you've been thinking about too much. The fig lingers in the background throughout, giving the heart a creamy green undertone that stops it from floating away. Dew drop and airy accord fade as the hours pass, but the opium and poppy remain.
Cultural impact
Part of The High Notes Collection, Tears of Poppy carries poetic weight in its name alone. The pairing of tears and poppy suggests something tender, something caught between beauty and soft addiction that pulls before the scent itself even registers. The name creates expectation, a narrative frame that the actual fragrance then fills with its own specifics. It appeals to wearers drawn to complexity, to scents that resist simple description or easy categorization. The fragrance itself offers no straightforward story, inviting instead a more personal interpretation that shifts with each wearing.
