An amber-glass roll-on attar bottle on a sandstone ledge beside rust-orange handwoven cloth, with a red and gold rakhi thread and saffron strands across the stone

Raksha Bandhan Gifts

Raksha Bandhan is two gifts, not one. She ties the thread; he owes her something back.

Gifts for Brother  ·  Gifts for Sister

Every bottle here is filed by who the person actually is, not by what is in it. Order by 25 August for delivery within India before 28 August.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product91 fragrances
91 products

Products in Raksha Bandhan Gifts

Essent Black Oud 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

Bold Bhai

Black Oud For Men

For the brother who never explains himself.

5.0 (2)
From $10.20
Essent Tobacco Vanille 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Bold Bhai

Tobacco Vanille

Warm, stubborn, a little old-school. Like him.

5.0 (1)
From $15.00
Essent Toy Boy 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Chhota Bhai

Toy Boy

Still gets away with everything.

From $15.00
Essent Blue Whale 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — aquatic fresh

Morning Didi

Blue Whale

Deep water, calm head.

From $10.20
Essent Fruity For Her 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Sweet Behna

Fruity For Her

Bright, easy, gone too fast.

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

Bold Bhai

Raees

Raees. He does not need the translation.

From $10.20
Essent Cool Water 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — aquatic fresh

Techie Bhai

Cool Water

The first bottle he ever bought himself.

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

Morning Didi

Green Apple

A morning person. Genuinely.

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

Traditional Didi

Musk Rizali

Old attar, older bond.

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

Traditional Didi

Dubai Firdaus

She saves the good things for good occasions.

From $10.20
Essent Lost Cherry 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Sweet Behna

Lost Cherry

Sweet on the outside, sharp underneath.

From $15.00
Essent Stronger With You 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — spicy oriental

Gym Bhai

Stronger With You

Lifts heavy and calls it therapy.

From $15.00
Essent Mr. X 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Bade Bhaiya

Mr. X

Signs every form the family needs signed.

From $10.20
Essent Ombre Leather 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — spicy oriental

Bold Bhai

Ombre Leather

Leather-jacket energy, even on a scooter.

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

Gym Bhai

Viking Cologne

Awake at six, arguing by seven.

From $15.00
Essent Oud Mukhallat 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

Bade Bhaiya

Oud Mukhallat

The one whose advice you pretend not to take.

5.0 (1)
From $10.20
Essent Arabian Oud 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

Bade Bhaiya

Arabian Oud

Deep and unhurried. The family's steady one.

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 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 Bitter Peach 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Sweet Behna

Bitter Peach

Ripe, and slightly spoiled.

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

Techie Bhai

Phantom

He read the spec sheet before buying it.

From $15.00
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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