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Nissaba

Berbera

Berbera

£150.00 GBP
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Berbera is an amber woody incense fragrance that embodies the rich aromatic heritage of Somaliland. It opens with a spicy blend of incense, resinous elemi, nutmeg, and black pepper. The heart reveals leathery, powdery incense harmonized with warm myrrh. The base features pyrogenic incense gums with amber facets, enriched by Somali opoponax, creating a long-lasting and evocative scent.

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Fragrance Notes
Head Notes

A superfluid extract of spicy incense meets resinous elemi and a duo of nutmeg and black pepper essences

Heart Notes

Leathery, powdery incense enhances warm myrrh

Base Notes

Pyrogenic incense gums with amber facets enrich a superfluid extract of Somali opoponax

About Nissaba

You’ve smelled perfume. But have you ever tasted the land it came from?

That’s what Nissaba delivers — not just a scent, but a journey across continents through raw, untamed ingredients. This isn’t mass-market fluff cooked up in a sterile lab. This is real. This is soil-under-your-fingernails, wild-harvested, straight-from-the-source storytelling bottled in scent.

Born from a deep respect for nature and culture, Nissaba partners directly with farmers and distillers in places like Madagascar, India, and Peru. No middlemen. No marketing gimmicks. Just pure, place-driven perfumery that honors both the land and the labor behind each drop.

You’re not just buying perfume — you’re backing a mission: ethical sourcing, zero waste, and the forgotten beauty of raw nature.

Each fragrance is a postcard from a far-off land… but instead of paper, it’s delivered in scent.

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About Berbera

The scent of ancient trade winds — citrus and incense crossing a burning desert.

Berbera doesn’t whisper. It opens with a flash — bright, zesty citrus like someone just tore through a lemon grove at full speed. But that brightness is a ruse. Just beneath it waits the soul of the fragrance: smoky, resin-rich frankincense from the cliffs of Somaliland, one of the rarest and most coveted sources on Earth.

This is the scent of spice markets and sun-bleached stone. Of caravans trading sacred resins by weight of gold. Of ancient rituals still echoing in the dry heat. And Nissaba didn’t phone this in — they went to the source. The frankincense here comes directly from small harvesters in the Sanaag region, collected by hand from Boswellia trees that bleed their history into the air.

But this isn’t a one-note incense trip. The citrus opening — yuzu, citron, a twist of grapefruit — stays in the mix, lifting the blend with a spark of energy. Then the base rolls in: earthy vetiver, soft woods, a ghost of myrrh. The overall effect? Imagine sun-warmed skin dusted with spice and citrus oil… then smoked gently by time.

Berbera walks a fine line between clean and mystical. Fresh, but not sterile. Sacred, but wearable. It's got the structure of a classic cologne, but the soul of an incense ceremony at the edge of a forgotten kingdom.

What’s In It For You:

  • A rare chance to wear real Somali frankincense — no synthetic dupes here.

  • Bright enough to wear daily, complex enough to stop people cold.

  • Feels like a story unfolding on your skin — sharp, smoky, sacred.

Wear it when:
You want to smell fresh, but not like anyone else in the room. When your soul needs grounding but your energy needs lifting. Or when you just want to smell damn interesting.

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