Inside the Essent workshop, fragrance oils being blended by hand in small batches

Our story

Blended in India, worn everywhere.

A workshop, a still, and a catalogue that tells you what is in the bottle.

Oud fragrance family — agarwood chips beside an attar bottle

The house

We started with one question: what is actually in this?

Most fragrance is sold on adjectives. We would rather publish the notes, the hours and the wearer, and let you decide from that. Every product page carries all three.

Browse the catalogue

Two lines

Roll-on attars, which are perfume oil with no ethanol in them, and eau de parfums.

Blended in India

Our own workshop, in small batches.

Written out

Notes, longevity and wearer on every product page.

Gift-ready

Wrapped by hand, with a note if you want one.

Concentrated attar oil being decanted from a glass vial

The two lines

Why an oil and a spray behave differently.

Alcohol carries scent outward and then evaporates, so an eau de parfum announces itself and fills the space around you. An oil stays where it is put and releases slowly, so a roll-on attar is read close in. We make both because they are not competing with each other: they are for different distances.

Pooja fragrance family — traditional attar shown with prayer accessories

The tradition

Notes that have been used here for centuries.

Kesar, kewda, rajnigandha, mogra and oud are not novelties in India. They are what ritual has smelled like for a very long time, and they are what we build with.

Kannauj distillation Alcohol-free roll-ons Small batches