# Dubai perfumery Paris Corner: logo is highly stylized Arabic script? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 1, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702 "2026-05-01T18:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/1 "2026-05-01T18:22:42Z")
My wife recently bought a fragrance made by the Dubai-based perfumery Paris Corner. On the box was this logo: [![](https://www.pariscornerperfumes.com/cdn/shop/collections/pc.jpg?v=1717491110&width=1500) ](https://www.pariscornerperfumes.com/cdn/shop/collections/pc.jpg?v=1717491110&width=1500) That logo is doubtlessly heavily stylized Arabic script, correct? The characters are shifted and stretched to resemble the Eiffel Tower? The brand name “Paris Corner” seems to be rendered phonetically in Arabic script as باريس كورنر (romanized roughly as “baris kurnar” per Google Translate). So, looking at the logo … the top half kind of seems to be the “Paris/baris” part, with the “s” being shoehorned into the lower left corner of the logo? And then the entire word “Corner/kurnar” starting from the lower right corner and running leftward three characters? Is all that correct? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/2 "2026-05-01T18:41:08Z")
That seems correct. Note that Arabic calligraphy is known for being able to form shapes like animals, flowers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/3 "2026-05-02T14:17:18Z")
And there’s a very long tradition of stylized Arabic calligraphy as art, because most interpretations of the laws of Islam prohibit representational art, but artists gonna art, and stylized calligraphy is one of the art forms that is allowed. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/4 "2026-05-02T14:40:01Z")
Indeed. I was introduced to this in the [tughras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tughra) of Ottoman sultans on a recent visit to Istanbul. The sultans apparently slapped them all over the place as an official seal or representation of the sultan. You can see them now in museums. At heart they are highly-stylized Arabic script just like the image in the OP. > **[Tughra | Visual elements of a tughra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tughra#Visual_elements_of_a_tughra)** > > The tughra has a characteristic form, two loops on the left side, three vertical lines in the middle, stacked writing on the bottom and two extensions to the right. Each of these elements has a specific meaning, and together they make up the form that is easily recognizable as a tughra. > **[Decoding the Tughra: Anatomy of an Imperial Monogram](https://open.substack.com/pub/notesonpaper/p/decoding-the-tughra-anatomy-of-an?r=3bm1vx&utm_medium=ios)** > > Using the Signature of Sultan Abdülhamid II as a Guide. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/5 "2026-05-02T15:51:18Z")
Does she like the scent? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/6 "2026-05-02T18:03:07Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Does she like the scent ? Yes, it’s made it into her morning routine. We also use it as a room spray sometimes. It’s the Marshmallow Blush scent—smells like candy. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/7 "2026-05-03T03:58:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > most interpretations of the laws of Islam prohibit representational art, I always thought that the photo posters of Ayatollah Khomeini were a particularly bizarre phenomena. > [@bordelond](#): > > The characters are shifted and stretched to resemble the Eiffel Tower? Doubtless you are correct, but my immediate thought was a Burj Khalifa icon. How old is the icon? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/8 "2026-05-03T12:42:52Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > How old is the icon? You mean how old is the Paris Corner logo in the OP? I looked around a bit and haven’t been able to find out. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/9 "2026-05-03T14:26:59Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > but my immediate thought was a Burj Khalifa icon Same here, although the word “Paris” quickly brought me back to reality. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/10 "2026-05-03T14:36:41Z")
The company has another logo that obviously includes the Eiffel Tower. [![](https://pariscorner.ae/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PARIS-CORNER-PNG-copyW-copy-MS1-768x762.png) ](https://pariscorner.ae/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PARIS-CORNER-PNG-copyW-copy-MS1-768x762.png) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/11 "2026-05-03T18:18:40Z")
That logo really doesn’t resemble the Burj Kalifa at all. That tower doesn’t have any diagonal lines, and certainly no concave lines. Plus, of course, the brand is named after Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-perfumery-paris-corner-logo-is-highly-stylized-arabic-script/1029702/12 "2026-05-04T22:41:42Z")
iconically, The Burj Kalifa is depicted rising out of a group of surrounding towers. And I note the logo in the OP also doesn’t look like the Eiffel tower at all – it’s too wide at the base. As shown in the red logo. And, unlike the Burj Kalifa, the Eiffel tower is _not_ surrounded by a group of buildings. I could describe it as an Eiffel logo with a call-out to the Burj Kalifa depiction, but I have no actual knowledge of what the designers were trying for – when I read what logo designers have to say, I generally think that their skills lie more in logo design than in cultural references.