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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 Guilty 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Boss Didi

Gucci Guilty

Not sorry, not explaining.

From $15.00
Essent Ultra Male 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — spicy oriental

Chhota Bhai

JPG

The youngest, who thinks he is the eldest.

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

The Devout

Oud al Haram

Worn on the days that matter most.

From $10.20
Essent Cardamom 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

The Host

Cardamom

Elaichi in the chai, and in the room.

$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 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 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
Essent Cigar 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — oud & amber

Oud & Amber

Cigar

$10.80
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.

Read the full guide

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.