Black Oud

Black Oud operates in Qatar as a brand of Maison Royale Group, a Doha-based retail company founded on June 19, 2019 that runs several fragrance, beauty, fashion and home-goods shops across the country. The brand describes itself as "the original makers of oud" within the GCC, positioning its perfumes and bukhoor as rooted in Gulf oud craftsmanship rather than imported or generic stock. Its catalogue splits into oud-based fragrances, bukhoor incense sold in the traditional form of fragrant wood chips soaked in oil, and curated gift boxes — among them the Al Shoyoukh Box and a Barbie-branded set — aimed at both personal use and Qatar's active fragrance-gifting culture. The business runs as an e-commerce operation alongside its physical Doha presence, accepting cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash on delivery. Black Oud is a newer entrant compared to Qatar's older family oud houses — its parent group is not yet a decade old — but it markets itself squarely within that same craft tradition of oud blending and bukhoor pressing rather than as a mass import reseller, competing on a single oud-focused product line rather than a broad general perfumery catalogue.