Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa accepted with good humor and grace the bottles of fragrance President Donald Trump sent him, “in case you ran out!”

When al-Sharaa visited the White House in November 2025, Trump made headlines by spraying him and Syria’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani, with his private cologne brand, “Victory 47-45,” which he then gifted the president and his wife, Latifa al-Droubi, after asking him how many wives he had.

“Some meetings leave an impression; ours apparently left a fragrance,” al-Sharaa posted on X Tuesday with a photo of Trump’s gift and the note it arrived with.

“Thank you, Mr. President, for your generosity and for topping up this precious gift,” he added. “May the spirit of that meeting continue to shape a stronger relationship between Syria and the United States.”

Trump’s note read: “They’re all talking about the picture we took when I gave you this great cologne — Just in case you ran out!”

Trump has accepted the new leader with enthusiasm, despite the reservations of many in the United States and Israel due to al-Sharaa’s jihadist past. He greeted him at the White House last November in a historic first visit by a Syrian president to the White House since 1946. Trump praised the Syrian president, calling him “handsome” and saying he ushered in a new era of hope to the Middle East.