Fragrance house

Elie Saab

Elie Saab founded his fashion house in Beirut in 1982, at 18, beginning with a small atelier and elaborate bridal gowns. The house’s design language combines Middle Eastern embellishment with Western silhouettes. Its couture profile broadened through milestones including Saab’s 1997 admission as the first non-Italian haute couture member of Italy’s Camera Nazionale della Moda, his Paris presentation in 2000, and his 2006 appointment as the first Arab membre correspondant of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Halle Berry’s Elie Saab gown at the 2002 Academy Awards, where she won Best Actress, brought the Lebanese designer broad international recognition and established a lasting red-carpet association for the house. Elie Saab’s fragrance legacy includes Le Parfum, launched in 2011 and created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. In November 2024, the house marked its 45th anniversary with “The 1001 Seasons of Elie Saab” in Riyadh, an event that connected its couture identity with its Middle Eastern heritage.