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"To understand heritage perfumery, one must learn its language. These terms are the bones of our craft, preserved across five generations."
A highly concentrated botanical perfume extracted via traditional hydro-distillation. Unlike modern perfumes, it contains no alcohol, only pure botanical essence resting in a sandalwood oil base.
A large copper pot used for distillation. It holds the water and the raw flowers or botanicals, sitting directly over a wood or cow-dung fire.
The copper receiver pot that sits in a cooling water bath. It captures the steam (bhap) carrying the essential oils from the Deg.
A hollow bamboo pipe tightly wrapped with twine that connects the boiling Deg to the cooling Bhapka, allowing the steam to transfer.
The scent of baked earth after the first monsoon rain, captured by distilling semi-baked clay into sandalwood oil. A signature of Kannauj perfumery.
A complex, dense, and warming attar made from a secret blend of herbs, spices, roots, and woods. Often worn in the winter.
A traditional bottle made of camel leather, used to store and age attar. The porous leather allows moisture to evaporate while trapping the oil, intensifying the fragrance.
The absolute soul or pure extract of a single flower, like Ruh Gulab (Rose) or Ruh Khus (Vetiver), without any sandalwood base.