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 Stone 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Bold Bhai

Black Stone

Stone, smoke, and no small talk.

From $10.20
Essent Libre 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

Boss Didi

Libre-Inspired

Freedom, in eight millilitres.

$13.80
Essent Papaya 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Morning Didi

Papaya

Summer holidays at nani's house.

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 Miss X 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Party Didi

Miss X

Never tells you where she is going.

From $10.20
Essent Libre 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Boss Didi

Libre

Made her own rules and mailed you the list.

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

Boss Didi

Gucci Guilty

Not sorry, not explaining.

From $15.00
Essent Red Wine 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Boss Didi

Red Wine

Dinner at nine, decisions by ten.

From $10.20
Essent Orchid 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Quiet Didi

Orchid

Notices before you say anything.

From $15.00
Essent White Musk 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

Quiet Didi

White Musk

Journals, tea, long comfortable silences.

From $15.00
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 Lemon Grass 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Morning Didi

Lemon Grass

Clean house, clean playlist.

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

Quiet Didi

Jasmine

Mogra in her hair, always.

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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