So when I was in Oman I went into the Amouage store, its a Omani company that creates perfumes among other things. While I was in their store I learnt from the salesperson that their factory was open to the public and you could go and visit it.
So of course I did :p I have to say at first I was really disappointed, I was expecting a big factory, but it turned out to be a pretty small place. They produce a maximum of one thousand bottles a day, and everything is hand made from the scents to the putting together of the bottles.
I later realized that while the four rooms that their production consisted of were interesting, the store was even more so. The store is the first place you see when you walk in, but me being in an eternal hurry I kinda breezed right past it :p
The cool thing about the store is that you can actually see the ingredients (is that the right word?) that they use to make the perfumes. They have them displayed in jars around the store, also next to each perfume they have pictures of the exact ingredients that go into that perfume. The store clerk was really friendly and explained all of this to me :)
I noticed that there was a lot of construction going on around the factory and when I asked the store clerk she informed me that they were expanding and if I were to come back in a year I would see a much nicer factory since they were going to design it to accomadate tours more fluidly and actually take you through the production process step by step. So while I think its a really interesting place to visit if your in Oman, I would wait a year ;p
Friday, March 30, 2012 at 9:03PM 
