A row of Essent perfume bottles displayed along a stone ledge

Scents That Smell Like Home

Chandan on a Monday morning. Mogra in her hair. Kesar on the thali by six.

The notes that were in the house long before anyone called them notes. Mostly alcohol-free, mostly attar, entirely familiar.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product39 fragrances
39 products

Products in Scents That Smell Like Home

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 Parijaat 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — rose oriental

Pooja Mummy

Parijaat

Parijaat, the flower that only falls at dawn.

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

The Devout

Panch Ratna

Five sacred notes, one small bottle.

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

Pooja Mummy

Ponds

The powder tin on her dressing table.

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 Rajnigandha 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Pooja Mummy

Rajnigandha

Rajnigandha, the flowers she buys every Friday.

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 Ruh Kesar 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Pooja Mummy

Ruh Kesar

Pure kesar. She would never buy it herself.

From $10.20
Essent Jannat-ul-Firdaus 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

The Devout

Jannat-ul-Firdaus

The attar of paradise. Worn to the masjid.

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

Pooja Mummy

Musk Kesar

Musk and kesar, her almirah in one bottle.

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

The Devout

Kewda

Kewda, like the water sprinkled at the mandir.

From $10.20
Essent Kesar Chandan 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — spicy oriental

Pooja Mummy

Kesar Chandan

Kesar and chandan. Mummy's thali.

From $10.20
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 Flower 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — floral

Pooja Mummy

Kenzo Flower

One poppy, quietly.

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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