Indian Attars

Archaeological digs have revealed round copper stills, used for making attars, which are at least five-thousand years old. These stills are called degs. Following the seasons of the flowers, traditional attar-makers, with their degs, travelled all over India to make their attars on-the-spot. Even now, rural areas often lack good roads to quickly transport the harvested flowers, and a few traditional attar-makers still travel with their degs to be close to the harvest. Their equipment has changed little, if at all, in the last five thousand years. It is one of these traditional attar-makers, a man of impeccable reputation, who makes the attars I carry.

At the end of the day, the distillation is stopped. Overnight, as the oil cools down, the water separates from it. In the morning, the water is poured off from the oil and put back into the still. Freshly picked flowers are added, and the process begins anew. This process will be repeated for fifteen to twenty days, until the sandalwood oil is completely saturated with the fragrant oil of the flowers.

History of attars:

What are attars:

Ittar or Attar or itr is a natural perfumes extracted from the juices of flowers like the jasmine, rose or sandal, herbs, spices, barks in to base oil such as Sandalwood oil. Sandalwood oil is used as base in making Attar while western perfumes, are prepared in alcohol as solvent or base. Attars are natural perfumes for daily use, but its not injurious to health as alcohol and suitable for both man and women.

Since ancient times, Asian Middle Eastern peoples have used attars as a perfumes. If you require natural perfumes, attar is a as true natural perfumes. Owing to natural origin it is suitable for all types skin. It is also useful in curing various skin diseases, various cosmetics, as it helps in improving skin tone and texture.