Indian Attars - A Distinguished Rich Fragrance To Treat To The World!

Get To Know Six Attars For Winters!

Traditional Indian Attars hold a special and prized place in the world of perfume due to the following reasons

• They are highly concentrated perfume oils prepared after a long maturing process.
• They get better with age in terms of aroma.
• They are prepared in a base oil - precious sandalwood oil.
• They are available in different, extraordinary fragrances.
• They do not contain alcohol or any spirit.
• They are 100% made from natural botanicals.
• The perfumers use attar as a base to create new fragrances.

Attar is called ‘Itr’ in Arabic and ‘Itir’ in Persian. The attars are classified into two categories - Warm and Cool based on their perceived effect on the human body. Warm attars include black musk, ambergris, and saffron, while cool attars include rose, jasmine, khus, kewda, and mogra. The other attars are frangipani, Juliana, tagetes erecta, honeysuckle, jasmine, Kadam, lily, lotus, mitti, night queen, tuberose, and shaman attars.

The perfumers in North India make attars as an age-old tradition. They extract attars by distilling the flowers, herbs, and spices in sandalwood oil and maturing it (for 1 to 10 years) by following practices developed centuries ago. Natures Natural India provides many varieties of Indian Attars. Some attars are suitable for winters due to their warmth, and others work well for summers due to their lightness and smell. But overall, Indian attars are a pleasant fragrance treat for the users.

Like other perfumes, the attars are not sprayed. Attars are generally available in tiny crystal bottles and are dabbed with fingers on the wrist, neck, and underarms, between the chest, near earlobes, and behind the knees.

The Traditional Indian Attars For Winters

Black Musk

The flowering plant of black musk (Nardotachys Jatamasi) grows in the Himalayan regions. It bears bell-shaped pink flowers and aromatic underground stems. The flowers and rhizomes are crushed, hydro-distilled, and matured in sandalwood oil for a period of one to ten years.

Cosmetic-grade Black musk attar is an amber-colored thick perfume oil. It is 100% natural oil that produces warming effects during winters and helps deal with winter blues. The users can add it to lotions, face creams, and shampoos or conditioners for aroma.

Difference between Musk and Black Musk

Musk attar is different from black musk oil as sources of fragrances are different. Musk is an aromatic compound found in the organs of Himalayan male deer. But it is rarely available nowadays and so pure musk attar is largely not available.

Ambergris/Amber Attar

Amber is an aromatic waxy substance secreted by whales or fossilized sap derived from coniferous trees. The former was used by humans 1000 years ago. Presently most manufacturers derive amber attar by distilling resin of ancient conifer and maturing it in sandalwood oil by following the Deg-chapka process.

Amber attar is a dark yellow perfume oil that contains natural aroma and compounds of conifer - such as sabinene, carene, pinene, and limonene. Its sweet, rich, woody, musky aroma helps alleviate mood and reduce negative feelings. It is used as a base ingredient to make aftershave and men’s cologne. Different religious communities use it in rituals.

Saffron Attar

Some users also know saffron attar as Zafran attar. Saffron is largely known as ‘Kesar’ in India. It is a spice in the form of aromatic threads derived from the flowers of Crocus sativus. People use it to flavor and color food items, particularly milk-based products and desserts. Saffron is so far the costliest spice by weight. Kashmiri saffron is world-famous for its fragrance and taste. It is also known for its warming properties.

The saffron attar Wholesalers in India distill the saffron in sandalwood oil and mature it as per the traditional attar-making process. The resultant saffron attar is a reddish perfume oil that emits a rich, sweet, intense odor. It is rich in phytochemicals, picrocrocin, and safranal compounds. Saffron attar is considered a tonic in Ayurveda. Many use it to add flavor to cuisines. The users can use it as a perfume or mix 2-3 drops in their lotions or body butter.

Rose Attar

As the name suggests, this attar is a rich combination of rose and sandalwood aroma. It has an intense, sweet fragrance that reduces anxiety, balances the mind, and promotes feelings of well-being. Natural rose attar manufacturers distill the roses and mature them in sandalwood oil as per tradition and make rose attar.

The devotees use it in religious rituals. Many users add it to culinary dishes. The users popularly dab it as a perfume. They can safely add 2-3 drops of rose attar to the lotions and body butter.

Rose attar contains all the natural compounds of rose such as i-citronellol, nerol, geraniol, and compounds of sandalwood. Rose attar aroma reduces anxiety and promotes feelings of well-being.

Lily Attar

Pure Lily attar manufacturers obtain lily attar by distilling flower bulbs in sandalwood oil under the traditional deg-chapka method. Lily attar is a thick pale yellow oil with a distinct floral, sweet, lingering fragrance. It relieves stress and acts as a stimulant in the winter seasons.

The users can safely add it to the daily use of creams and lotions. Lily attar contains benzyl salicylate, butylphenyl, methylpropional, linalool, and other natural compounds that display antibacterial activity. The users extensively dab this attar for fragrance.

Oud Attar

Oud attar is also known as agarwood attar. The attar manufacturers in Bengal extract this precious attar by distilling the resinous agarwood found in the trunk and root in sandalwood oil. Oud attar is a brownish, thick oil with warming, purifying, and balancing qualities. It contains caryophyllene, limonene, and camphene compounds that protect against colds and flu.

The Arabian communities prefer oud attar or essential oil due to its rich, animalic, woody, and leathery notes. Users can add it to cosmetic formulations for its anti-inflammatory properties and aroma. The perfumers employ it to create muscular fragrances. Diverse religious communities use it in rituals.

The users can experiment with other herbaceous or floral attars. Herbaceous attars include honeysuckle, kewda, sandal musk, and sandalwood shamama attars from Natures Natural India. Users, fond of particular floral fragrances, can explore pink lotus, night queen, tuberose, majmua, Kadam, Juliana, frangipani, and jasmine attars.