Ingredients · Florals · dry-down

Gulab attar (rose attar)

Say itguu-LAHB AT-ur

Rich, jammy Damask rose over soft, creamy sandalwood.

What it is

Natural oil from damask roses hydro-distilled into sandalwood oil (deg-bhapka).

Where it comes from

Kannauj, India

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Classical Indian rose; anchors rose soliflores, mukhallats and rose-oud orientals.

Worth knowing

Made in copper stills that pipe rose vapour straight into a receiver of sandalwood oil, a method centuries old.

Rules

Limited. Counts toward citronellol, geraniol and methyl eugenol limits; EU-labeled

Also called

Rose-on-sandalwood attar; ruh gulab co-distillate (Kannauj)