Jourya Damascena

By Salma J Haddad

In the heart of Damascus, among the rose fields that have perfumed the city for centuries, Jourya grows up carrying the fragrance of a name that is also a destiny. Named after the Damascene rose, she inherits a world shaped by beauty, memory, and quiet wounds.

From a childhood shadowed by family fractures to the refined world of perfumery in the French city of Grasse, Jourya's life unfolds between two cultures, two languages, and two emotional landscapes. Guided by an unexpected mentor and driven by an instinctive understanding of scent, she learns to transform memory into fragrance-distilling longing, love, and loss into delicate compositions.

But success does not silence the past. As Jourya rises to become one of the most celebrated perfume creators of her generation, she finds herself haunted by absence, betrayal, and a love that refuses to fade.

Moving between Damascus and the Mediterranean world, Jourya Damascena is a lyrical novel about identity, inheritance, and the invisible ties that bind us to the places we carry within.

A story where scent becomes memory, and memory becomes destiny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1961420449
• ISBN13: 9781961420441
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Khayat
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"