A row of Essent perfume bottles displayed along a stone ledge

Gifts for Every Occasion

Fragrance gifts for every occasion — Diwali, Christmas, Eid, weddings, and the ordinary weeks in between. Attars, eau de parfum and boxed sets, all ready to give as they are.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product168 fragrances
168 products

Products in Gifts for Every Occasion

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

Boss Didi

Libre-Inspired

Freedom, in eight millilitres.

$13.80
Essent Y 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

The Colleague

Y-Inspired Unisex

Clean for Monday, sharp for Friday.

$13.80
Essent Elixir 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — spicy oriental

The Romantic

Elixir-Inspired

Sweet, dark, and asking for trouble.

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

The Colleague

Lemon Breeze

Desk drawer, 4pm, second wind.

$10.80
Essent Fitoor-Ae-Ishq 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

The Romantic

Fitoor-Ae-Ishq

Named for the kind of love that does not listen.

$10.80
Essent Good Girl 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

Night Out

Good Girl CH

Not as well behaved as she looks.

$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 Swiss Friday 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

Night Out

Swiss Friday

Friday, and he already changed his shirt.

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

The Colleague

Classic Black

Safe, sharp, never wrong.

$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
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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