
The
year was 1974 when an enterprising perfumer laid the foundation of
Nabeel Perfumes in Hodeidah, a small town in Yemen. The advent of
Nabeel Perfumes brought about a revolution in quality perfumery and
creative packaging.
Born
in Aden, known then as the Golden Bird, in the year 1953, the prodigy,
Mr. Asghar Adam Ali, received very little formal education, which
he acquired partly in Yemen & India. The education did not matter
since experience made him perfect. He was a good sportsman, a superb
cricketer, playing as a medium fast bowler but a good all rounder
as well. Indeed, he claims that if he had not turned in to a perfumer
he would have been a star cricketer. His fathers perfume shop in the
Bohra Bazaar, crater Aden and his self-mastery helped in refining
his God gifted sense of smell. His opportunity to exhibit his talents
arrived when the board of directors of Nabeel Traders (Group of Companies),
Yemen declared the company as bankrupt, the name ‘Nabeel’ meaning
‘Noble’ in Arabic inspired him and he took over the company in 1978.
With zero liquidity and heavy bad debts to payback,only by selling
the dead general trading stock did he reestablish the company, ‘right
from scratch’ so to say. The factory "Nabeel Industries for Perfumes
& Toiletries" and showrooms "Nabeel Traders" in
Hodeidah were firmly established again, the factory which was on an
area of 3,000 sq.ft. has presently evolved to 20,000 sq.ft. The success
was all due to his hard work, burning ambition, creativity and perseverance.
It is yet modest of him to say that it was all the natural turn of
fate.
The
economic stability of Yemen deteriorated which hampered his growing
ambition, instigating him to venture to a foreign country. In the
year 1990 Nabeel Perfumes ventured to the United Arab Emirates and
established a factory in Sharjah which started operations on 30th
April 1992 and within a short span of 4 years opened four outlets
in Dubai as well in Sharjah, foreseeing many more new outlets in the
future, capturing the entire U.A.E. market with exports to other G.C.C.,
U.K., Europe, Middle East, Africa and North America. It was not easy
for the founder/proprietor of Nabeel Perfumes Mr. Asghar Adam Ali
, nose extraordinaire, to start a new venture in a foreign soil among
established giants based for more than 25 years, it was only due to
his strong will and dedication for quality which enabled him to charismatically
guide his efficacious organization & his loyal team of staff on
to the path of success, incredibly achieving in just a short span
of 5 years what the giants couldn't in 25 years. The company in Yemen
is still going strong & very much popular, rather counted as No.1
in Perfumes.
Nabeel
can now boast of having more than 135 individual & separate packaging’s
in a variety of 835 & more enthralling blends, each new expensive
packaging surpassing all bounds of creativity & imagination which
has been never seen before. The added reason for success of Nabeel
is its pricing theory, beautifully packed eternal fragrances available
at affordable prices, a luxury no longer a dream for the common man.
Every launching of Nabeel has been a well-written and well-nourished
chapter in the book of success.
Nabeel
was the first among the local perfume manufacturing companies in the
U.A.E to introduce corporate identity by uniforming it's entire sales
& administrative staff, the senior staff being attired in a handsome
full suit and like that have set many more trends. The entire sales
team has been trained to be courteous and service oriented, every
customer is handled equally, with respect. The customers visiting
the showrooms enter to a warm welcome and leave satisfied and more
than happy with their purchase accompanied with a complimentary gift
irrespective of how small their purchase is.
It
is the ambition of the founder to diversify in to luxury accessories
and is optimistic that his dream shall come true.
Nabeel's
success owes to their motto - be
daring, be first, be different.