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 Braj Ras 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — signature blend

The Devout

Braj Ras

Braj, and everything that happened there.

From $10.20
Essent Musk 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

Chill Bhai

Musk

The brother who never asks for anything.

From $10.20
Essent Gul-e-Laila 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Traditional Didi

Gul-e-Laila

Rose and rivayat. She keeps the rituals alive.

From $10.20
Essent Cambodian Oud 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Cambodian Oud

Cambodian oud, poured slowly.

From $10.20
Essent Panch Fool 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Pooja Mummy

Panch Fool

Five flowers, for her morning thali.

From $10.20
Essent Evening in Paris 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Traditional Didi

Evening in Paris

Mummy's perfume, and now hers.

From $10.20
Essent Significant 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Colleague

Significant

For the promotion nobody announced.

From $10.20
Essent Heaven Blue 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Quiet Didi

Heaven Blue

Sky, and nothing else on the list.

From $10.20
Essent Red Vampire 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Boss Didi

Red Vampire

Wins arguments in two lines.

From $10.20
Essent Musk Tahara 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

The Devout

Musk Tahara

Tahara. Clean, in the oldest sense.

From $10.20
Essent Strawberry 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Sweet Behna

Strawberry

For the didi who still steals your fries.

From $10.20
Essent Oud Mood 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

Bold Bhai

Oud Mood

Oud, on the days he means it.

From $10.20
Essent Shanaya 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Party Didi

Shanaya

First on the floor, last to leave.

From $10.20
Essent Do Love 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Party Didi

Do Love

Dressed up for no reason at all.

From $10.20
Essent Parijaat 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Pooja Mummy

Parijaat

Parijaat, the flower that only falls at dawn.

From $10.20
Essent Musk Kasturi 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

The Devout

Musk Kasturi

Kasturi musk, old as the ritual itself.

From $10.20
Essent Rajnigandha 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Pooja Mummy

Rajnigandha

Rajnigandha, the flowers she buys every Friday.

From $10.20
Essent Poem 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Quiet Didi

Poem

Reads two books at once.

From $10.20
Essent Jasmine 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Quiet Didi

Jasmine

Mogra in her hair, always.

From $10.20
Essent Pineapple 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Sweet Behna

Pineapple

Loud laugh, brighter clothes.

From $10.20
Essent Vanilla 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Sweet Behna

Vanilla

Soft, steady, always there.

From $10.20
Essent Orange Delight 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Sweet Behna

Orange Delight

Shares the last piece, every time.

From $10.20
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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