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If you searched our name with the word "reddit" attached, you were doing the right thing. Checking a store before paying it is sensible, especially in a market with as many counterfeit stories as UAE fragrance. Here is a straight answer instead of a marketing one.

What we are

AlHimyan is a UAE-based online perfume retailer. We sell designer fragrances and Arabian houses, and we ship across the UAE.

Why we are cheaper than the mall

This is the question customers ask us most, usually phrased as "why are you selling cheap?" It is a fair question and the answer is unglamorous. There is no mall rent built into the price. A boutique in a major Dubai mall is paying for that floor space with every bottle it sells. We are not, so the same sealed bottle costs less here.

Cheaper because of lower overheads is a very different thing from cheaper because of what is in the bottle.

What we do not claim

We are not an authorised distributor for the designer houses, and we do not say we are. What we can put behind our name are our own commitments, set out in our refund policy:

• Returns on unused, factory-sealed items: see our refund policy
• A real WhatsApp line answered by people, from a registered UAE business
• Shipping: see our shipping policy

Opened perfume cannot be returned. That is standard for personal care goods everywhere, and we would rather say it here than surprise you later.

How to test us with almost no risk

Order one bottle and inspect it at the door. That is the lowest-risk way to try any perfume store in the UAE, including this one. If it is not what was described, see our refund policy.

On Reddit specifically

We will be straight about this too: there is very little discussion of us on Reddit yet. We are a smaller store than the names that dominate those threads. We would rather tell you that than manufacture reviews. If you buy from us and it goes well or badly, saying so publicly is genuinely useful to the next person.

Where this came from

This page summarises public discussion in r/dubai, r/UAE, r/abudhabi and r/fragrance. We are a UAE perfume retailer, so read our recommendation of our own store with that in mind. Everything else here is what shoppers themselves reported. AlHimyan is not affiliated with Reddit.