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Woody & Spicy

Woody and spicy fragrance is built on base materials rather than top ones: sandalwood, cedar, vetiver, saffron and black pepper. It starts quieter than a citrus and finishes much later. These are alcohol-free 8ml roll-ons and eau de parfum, blended in India in small batches, with notes and wear time published on each product page. Sandalwood in particular is worth understanding before you buy, and the guide to Indian attar notes covers what it smells like and what it is commonly adulterated with.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product77 fragrances
77 products

Products in Woody & Spicy

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 Patchouli Pure 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Patchouli Pure

Earth, ink, old books.

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

Chhota Bhai

Toy Boy

Still gets away with everything.

From $15.00
Essent Khus Vetiver 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — earthy green

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Khus Vetiver

Khus matting, coolers, a Delhi May.

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

Bold Bhai

Purple Oud

Oud with the volume up.

From $10.20
Essent Tobacco Oud 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Tobacco Oud

For the uncle whose stories improve each year.

From $15.00
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 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 Musk Rizali 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — floral

Traditional Didi

Musk Rizali

Old attar, older bond.

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

The Host

Wonder

The one guests ask about.

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 Mr. X 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Bade Bhaiya

Mr. X

Signs every form the family needs signed.

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 1001 Nights 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

The Elder

1001 Nights

A story a night, for a thousand nights.

From $10.20
Essent Arabian Nights 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Arabian Nights

Long evenings and longer stories.

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

The Elder

Oud Kuwaiti

Kuwaiti oud, for the one who insists on paying.

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

The Host

Cardamom

Elaichi. The smell of someone putting chai on.

From $10.20
Concentrated attar oil being decanted from a glass vial

Why attar?

An oil outlasts a spray.

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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About the Woody & Spicy collection

Wood gives a fragrance its spine; spice gives it a pulse. This family rewards slow wear, and the dry-down at hour six is the best part.