Creative Art
Spicy oriental eau de parfum for men and women · cardamom, elemi, black pepper, cumin, saffron, jasmine, frankincense, vanilla, benzoin, and amber
The dhow’s cargo: holds filled with cardamom, black pepper, cumin, and saffron; resins from the port—elemi, frankincense, and benzoin; and a stopover of vanilla and amber. Fourteen notes along the spice route, 8 hours of longevity, a strong sillage, in a bottle featuring a bas-relief of a ship.
Creative Art by Lattafa: The Spicy Oriental Fragrance, Safely Arrived
A 2026 release from Lattafa—one of the world’s most widely distributed Emirati brands—Creative Art is a 100 ml unisex spicy oriental eau de parfum, listed under barcode 6290360592244. Its fourteen-note fragrance pyramid opens with cardamom, elemi, black pepper, bergamot, and lemon; unfolds into a heart of cumin, patchouli, geranium, saffron, and jasmine; and settles on a base of incense, vanilla, benzoin, and amber, creating accords of warm spice, fresh spice, amber, aromatic, and vanilla. The Fragrantica community rates its longevity at about 8 hours and its sillage as strong, with a preference for evening wear over daytime, and winter and fall as the top seasons. The matte black bottle is adorned with a copper-colored bas-relief of a dhow under sail. Available as an authentic product at Parfumerie de Dubai.
The dhow's cargo
The bottle features a dhow with its sails fully unfurled—the ship that plied the spice route between India, the Gulf, and Africa; the fragrance opens its holds. First, the fresh spice: a cardamom camphor, a black pepper that stings, a bergamot and a lemon sunny deck, and the’elemi, this citrusy resin from the Philippines that already hints at the incense to come. The fresh, spicy note that the community perceives, coming in second after the warm, spicy note.
Then the bags open: a cumin warm and earthy, the boldest spice in the repertoire, a saffron golden, a patchouli from the hold, softened by a geranium rosé and a jasmine fleshy notes that anchor the heart note. It is this layer that gives Creative Art its dominant, warm, spicy character. The base note is the finishing touch: a incense with dry curls, a benzoin vanilla, a vanilla gentle and a amber Enveloping, with four resins and sweet notes that last eight hours and leave a strong trail.
At Lattafa, it arrives at the same time as the store’s other new release for 2026, Fahad : Two ways for the same company to tell the story of the Gulf—on a dhow, the spices of the maritime route; on the Fahad, its own unique story. Two new ventures, one home port.
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Olfactory pyramid
Main chords
Product sheet
Bottle design
The bottle is aptly named: a block matte black with sharp corners, whose facade is a single panel copper bas-relief representing a dhow with all sails set Riding the chiseled waves, the traditional Gulf vessel, featuring CREATIVE ART, the capacity, and the Lattafa logo at the bottom. A disc cover Black, stamped with the company's seal, tops the ensemble like a medal.
It’s more of a decorative piece than a bathroom bottle: on a shelf, it looks like a miniature seascape, and it evokes the fragrance and the spice route better than any label ever could.
Performance & sensations
The Fragrantica community measures lasts about 8 hours and a strong wake : The base notes—incense, benzoin, and amber—carry the spices far and long, with the generosity typical of Lattafa’s eaux de parfum. One or two sprays are enough; cumin and saffron don’t need to be overemphasized.
Visit night It slightly leads the pack in the polls, with winter and fall taking the top spots: evenings, dinners, and cold days when warm spices serve as a coat. Billed as unisex, it is so by nature: cumin and pepper give it character, while jasmine, geranium, and vanilla prevent it from veering into purely masculine territory. A fragrance with personality, for those who love to turn heads.
Lattafa Creative Art FAQ
Why is there a boat on the Creative Art bottle?
Because the ship tells the story of the fragrance: the dhow depicted in bas-relief is the traditional Gulf sailing vessel, the one that carried spices, incense, and resins between India, Arabia, and East Africa. The pyramid precisely replicates this cargo—cardamom, pepper, cumin, saffron, incense, and benzoin—and the name, a creative touch, refers to both the engraved plaque and the fragrance itself. Few bottles illustrate a trade route so literally: this one is a map.
Isn't using cumin in perfumery a bit risky?
It’s the boldest spice in the repertoire, and let’s be honest: cumin has a warm, earthy, almost animalistic quality that can evoke the scent of skin. When used in just the right amount, that is precisely its strength—the quality that gives spicy oriental fragrances their sensuality and character, whereas milder spices remain merely decorative. In Creative Art, it is framed by saffron, geranium, and jasmine, then blended into the vanilla and benzoin of the base notes: the warmth remains, but the excess does not.
What is elemi?
A resin from the Philippines, harvested from a tree related to those that yield frankincense and myrrh, but with a much lighter scent: lemony, peppery, slightly piney, with that resinous base note that evokes frankincense without its heaviness. Perfumers use it as a top note to bridge the gap between the citrus notes and the resinous base notes, and that is exactly its role here: from the sun-drenched opening, elemi hints at the incense-laden finish.
What does the "incense" note refer to?
Frankincense, the resin of Boswellia trees from Oman, Yemen, and Somalia, harvested in tears and burned since ancient times: the most iconic ingredient in Gulf perfumery. When distilled, it yields a dry, lemony, and smoky note, with almost mineral-like undertones, which structures the base notes without adding sweetness. Blended with benzoin, which has a more vanilla-like quality, it evokes the dhow’s arrival at port: the smoke of the majlis after the crossing.
Why order Creative Art from Parfumerie de Dubai?
This has been our business from day one: perfumes from the Emirates, and nothing else. Every Lattafa bottle comes from official Emirati channels, with guaranteed authenticity and a verifiable barcode; each product sheet provides the fragrance pyramid, concentration, and dosage information before you buy; every order is carefully packaged and backed by responsive customer service, both before and after your purchase. The dhow arrives safely at its destination.
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