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Date Night Scents

These are the close-range fragrances: dark rose, vanilla, amber and oud, chosen because they read well at conversation distance rather than across a room. Oil-based attars suit this best, since they stay near the skin and warm with body heat. Both formats are here, in 8ml roll-ons and eau de parfum, blended in India. Notes and wear time are published on each product page. Placement matters more than quantity in the evening, and the guide to applying attar explains where it actually works.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product93 fragrances
93 products

Products in Date Night Scents

Essent Bleu De 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Techie Bhai

Bleu De

The safe bet he will actually finish.

From $15.00
Essent Bitter Peach 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Sweet Behna

Bitter Peach

Ripe, and slightly spoiled.

From $15.00
Essent Elixir 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Romantic

Elixir

Sweet, heavy, unsubtle. On purpose.

From $15.00
Essent Miss D'or 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

New Bride

Miss D'or

Something borrowed, and worn all day.

From $15.00
Essent Bamboo 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Fresh Citrus

Bamboo

From $15.00
Essent Eros 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Gym Bhai

Eros

Leg day, mirror, then out.

From $15.00
Essent Gentlemen Only Intense 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Gentlemen Only Intense

He calls it 'my scent'. It has been years.

From $15.00
Essent Pursuit 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Gym Bhai

Pursuit

Chases the personal best, then the plate.

From $15.00
Essent Noir 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Bold Bhai

Noir

Says less than he knows.

From $15.00
Essent Orchid 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Quiet Didi

Orchid

Notices before you say anything.

From $15.00
Essent Splendidwood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Splendidwood

Sandalwood, a chair, and the paper.

From $15.00
Essent Suav Age 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Neighbour

Suav

The one everybody already likes.

From $15.00
Essent Black Opium 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber gourmand

Boss Didi

Black Opium

Runs the group chat and the family finances.

From $15.00
Essent Crystal Noir 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — floral

Boss Didi

Crystal Noir

Says no without apologising.

From $15.00
Essent Bad Boy 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Chhota Bhai

Bad Boy

Nineteen, and certain about everything.

From $15.00
Essent Flower 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — floral

Pooja Mummy

Kenzo Flower

One poppy, quietly.

From $15.00
Essent Ambre Nuit 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

The Host

Ambre Nuit

Amber that fills a room before the guests do.

From $15.00
Essent My Way 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

White Floral

My Way

From $15.00
Essent Spice & Wood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Host

Spice & Wood

The room smells like he was expecting you.

From $15.00
Essent Ruh-Al-Oud 100 ml roll-on attar bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Ruh-Al-Oud

Pure oud, poured for people you respect.

From $15.00
Concentrated attar oil being decanted from a glass vial

Why attar?

An oil outlasts a spray.

An alcohol spray pushes scent outward fast, then fades. An attar is the oil on its own, with no ethanol, so it stays where you put it and unfolds over hours instead of minutes. That is why a small roll-on outlasts a much larger bottle of eau de toilette.

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About the Date Night Scents collection

Date-night fragrance works at close range. These are chosen for their skin-warm dry-downs, the part of a perfume only someone near enough gets to know.