Everything people ask us.

An attar is a concentrated perfume oil with no alcohol in it, so it settles into the skin's own oils, opens slowly and stays close to you. An eau de parfum is alcohol-based, so it lifts off the skin and carries further into the room. We make both lines, and neither is the senior one: the choice is how close you want to be read.

The roll-on attars are: they are perfume oils with no ethanol in them. The eau de parfum line is alcohol-based, as any EDP is. If you need alcohol-free, stay with the roll-on attars. Which line a product belongs to is stated on its own page.

Between five and ten hours for the roll-on attars, depending on the blend and your skin, with oud and amber at the top of that range and fresh citrus nearer five. The eau de parfums carry further into a room and step back sooner. Every product page states its own tested range.

Applied to skin at pulse points, no. Perfume oils can mark delicate fabrics such as silk if applied directly, so put it on skin and let it settle before dressing. The eau de parfums are sprays and do not carry this risk.

Start from the family rather than the bottle. Warm and traditional means oud and amber; clean and daily means fresh citrus; soft and close means musk. Every product page also names the wearer it was blended for.

The roll-ons are alcohol-free perfume oils in small sizes, made to sit close to the skin for hours. The eau de parfums are alcohol-based sprays in larger bottles, with more projection and a shorter arc. Many people keep one of each.

Order confirmation and tracking are emailed as soon as a parcel leaves us. If the tracking has not moved in three working days, send us the order number and we will chase it.

Yes. Shipping is calculated at checkout from the destination address.

Yes. Tick the gift options on the product page and write your note there. We copy it by hand onto a card and leave prices off the packing slip.