A row of Essent perfume bottles displayed along a stone ledge

Diwali Fragrance Gifts

Diwali is not one gift. It is mummy, papa, the neighbour's tray, the office, and the puja shelf.

For Mum  ·  For Dad  ·  Pooja Attars  ·  For Colleagues

Every bottle is filed by who the person actually is. Order by 23 October for international delivery before 8 November.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product117 fragrances
117 products

Products in Diwali Fragrance Gifts

Essent Dark Rose 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

The Romantic

Dark Rose

Roses, but after dark.

From $10.20
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 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
Sold out
Essent Myrrh & Tonka 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

The Host

- Myrrh & Tonka

Myrrh and tonka. A room in winter.

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 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 Musk Pure 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

The Devout

Musk Pure

Clean musk, the way ghar smells after Sunday.

From $15.00
Essent Oud Ispahan 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Oud Ispahan

Rose and oud, for the head of the table.

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
Essent Y 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

The Colleague

Y-Inspired Unisex

Clean for Monday, sharp for Friday.

$13.80
Essent Cardamom 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

The Host

Cardamom

Elaichi in the chai, and in the room.

$10.80
Essent Black Oud Kannauj 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Black Oud Kannauj

Kannauj oud, small bottle, long memory.

$10.80
Essent Miss X 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — rose oriental

The Colleague

Miss X

She remembers everyone's birthday.

$10.80
Essent Mr. X 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

The Colleague

Mr. X

The one at the next desk you actually like.

$10.80
Essent Khus Vetiver 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — earthy green

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Khus Vetiver

Khus, like the curtains at nani's in May.

$10.80
Essent Classic Black 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — woody

The Colleague

Classic Black

Safe, sharp, never wrong.

$10.80
Essent Lemon Breeze 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

The Colleague

Lemon Breeze

Desk drawer, 4pm, second wind.

$10.80
Essent Patchouli Pure 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Patchouli Pure

He has worn the same thing since 1994.

$10.80
Concentrated attar oil being decanted from a glass vial

Why attar?

Oil holds what alcohol releases.

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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