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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 Raees 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — spicy oriental

Spicy Oriental

Raees

$10.80
Essent Swiss Friday 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

Night Out

Swiss Friday

Friday, and he already changed his shirt.

$10.80
Essent Black Oud Kannauj 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Black Oud Kannauj

Kannauj oud, small bottle, long memory.

$10.80
Essent Bad Boy 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Chhota Bhai

Bad Boy

Nineteen, and certain about everything.

From $15.00
Essent Suav Age 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Neighbour

Suav

The one everybody already likes.

From $15.00
Essent Splendidwood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Splendidwood

Sandalwood, a chair, and the paper.

From $15.00
Essent Teak Wood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Chill Bhai

Teak Wood

Reads on the terrace, ignores the group chat.

From $15.00
Essent Noir 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Bold Bhai

Noir

Says less than he knows.

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

Gym Bhai

Pursuit

Chases the personal best, then the plate.

From $15.00
Essent Aqua Di Gio 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — aquatic fresh

Techie Bhai

Aqua Di Gio

Runs on cold coffee and clean code.

From $15.00
Essent Spice & Wood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Host

Spice & Wood

The room smells like he was expecting you.

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

The Elder

Cambodian Oud

Cambodian oud, poured slowly.

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

Chill Bhai

Musk

The brother who never asks for anything.

From $10.20
Essent Significant 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Colleague

Significant

For the promotion nobody announced.

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

Bold Bhai

Cigar

He would rather be respected than fussed over.

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 Black Stone 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Bold Bhai

Black Stone

Stone, smoke, and no small talk.

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
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Essent Mukhallat Zafran 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

Bade Bhaiya

Mukhallat Zafran

Saffron and oud, for the brother who does things properly.

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.