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Afnan PerfumesFragrance campaign

Every frame starts with the bottle.

The problem

Afnan needed a full campaign library for three fragrances, Supremacy Not Only Intense, 9PM Rebel and Kiaana Vibes: films, faces, hero stills and ingredient stories for social, e-commerce and retail.

What I did · Creative direction

Two fragrances, two men, two moods. Supremacy is authority. 9PM Rebel is the hour after dark.

The result

A complete premium library of films and key visuals for three fragrances, delivered from packshots alone and ready for social, e-commerce and retail, without the cost and lead time of a shoot.

Every frame starts with the bottle.
BrandAfnan Perfumes
Year2026
RoleCreative direction
ScopeCasting, art direction, six films and 18 key visuals

Creative direction: Mohamed Magdy. Production: Night Jaguar.

The challenge

Afnan needed a full campaign library for three fragrances, Supremacy Not Only Intense, 9PM Rebel and Kiaana Vibes: films, faces, hero stills and ingredient stories for social, e-commerce and retail.

The only starting point was the product packshot. No studio, no location, no talent booking.

The thinking
Insight

In fragrance, the bottle is the brand's most expensive piece of design. If it is wrong in a single frame, the whole campaign looks cheap.

Strategic choice

Treat the packshot as the master. Build every frame around the real bottle, and check every cap, crest and label against it before anything is approved.

The idea

Two fragrances, two men, two moods. Supremacy is authority. 9PM Rebel is the hour after dark.

The output

Six vertical films for Supremacy Not Only Intense, 9PM Rebel and Kiaana Vibes, then 18 key visuals. I cast two leads and built a world for each. Supremacy: a mature, bearded man in a dark suit, black marble, saffron and low gold light. 9PM Rebel: a younger man with wet hair and an open shirt, city water, candlelight and red. Low, directional light, real skin texture and the bottle always sharp and readable.

Supremacy, the notes

Citrus, lavender and saffron first, then the bottle. Film and stills built from the same packshot.

The notes, film
Saffron
Saffron
Saffron, in motion
Saffron, in motion
Lavender at dusk
Lavender at dusk

Supremacy, the man in command

A mature lead with a steady gaze, the bottle held like a signature.

The man, film
The hero frame
The hero frame
Held like a signature
Held like a signature
The crest, front and centre
The crest, front and centre

Supremacy, on location

Black marble, stone and forest light around the same bottle.

Black marble
Black marble
On marble
On marble
First light in the forest
First light in the forest

9PM Rebel, the hour after dark

A younger lead for a younger scent: honey, city water, night sky and red.

9PM Rebel, film
City lights
City lights
Light on water
Light on water
The desert at night
The desert at night

9PM Rebel, the cast

Wet hair, an open shirt, and the bottle always in hand and readable.

The doorway
The doorway
Late sun through the blinds
Late sun through the blinds
Candlelight
Candlelight

9PM Rebel, warmth and colour

Amber honey, wood shavings and colour on skin: the warm heart of the fragrance.

Amber honey
Amber honey
Wood and vanilla
Wood and vanilla
Colour on skin
Colour on skin

Kiaana Vibes, three films

Vanilla, peony, dragon fruit and warm sand; a peony garden at night; a woman in red crossing the dunes. Each lands on the bottle.

The notes
The garden
The desert
Point of view
In luxury, the product is the hero. Everything else is light.
The impact

A complete premium library of films and key visuals for three fragrances, delivered from packshots alone and ready for social, e-commerce and retail, without the cost and lead time of a shoot.

Draft note, hidden on the live site. Add a result here when you have it:
  • Engagement on launch posts versus previous Afnan creative
  • Production cost and time versus a traditional shoot
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