#five fives
Walking into any Egyptian household - more specifically those of older Egyptian generations - one will surely find an aging bottle of Talat Khamsat (Three Fives) or Khamas Khamsat (Five Fives) perfume in a corner somewhere. These Egyptian eau de colognes can both be spotted and smelled from a distance, thanks to their very distinguishable vintage-like branding and their equally distinguishable - if not more so - smell that can immediately fill a room and seep through the nostrils. …