Kannauj attar manufacturer using the Deg-Bhapka hydro-distillation process, producing rose oil, jasmine sambac Ruh Bela, agarwood and lotus attars, plus Choya Nakh from toasted onycha seashells and sandalwood oil.
Kannauj fragrance house using the deg-bhapka distillation method at what the site describes as a 204-year-old distillery, making alcohol-free attars and absolute oils with ingredients including rose, sandalwood, mogra, mitti, oud and khus.
Nemat Perfumes is a family-owned brand rooted in over 170 years of artisan perfumery, born in the rose fields of Udaipur, India, and guided by the Attarwala family. It makes perfume oils such as Amber, Vanilla Musk and Egyptian Musk, sourcing sustainably harvested sandalwood and South Indian jasmine.
India-inspired fragrance house creating natural perfume oils and scents around sandalwood, flowers and other Indian materials. The current roll-on range includes White Ginger Lily blended with sandalwood.
Best for Natural perfume oils of sandalwood and vetiver, with oud and jasmine
Call of the Valley has grown since 2019 into a house of perfumes and beauty products that it describes as 100 percent natural. Its laboratory sits amid the forests of Pondicherry, where in-house perfumer and formulator Laime Kiskune guides each formula. A shop in Bombay lets visitors explore the creations firsthand. The palette is drawn from natural materials such as sandalwood and frankincense and from vetiver and rose. Cedar and tuberose sit among the florals, jasmine beside them and oud among the resins. Beyond perfume the range extends to argan and moringa oils, with avocado oil and coconut milk oil for the skin. The brand describes its ingredients as carefully sourced and speaks of fair trade and environmental responsibility since its inception. Products are sold online and from the Bombay shop, and the site is published in French as well as English. In 2023 the Estée Lauder Beauty & You Awards recognised the house among emergent beauty brands in India. It presents the award as confirmation of a quiet and steady growth since the start.
The Karnataka State handicrafts emporium on M G Road, Cauvery showcases sandalwood carvings, Mysore silk, rosewood inlay and regional crafts. The KSHDCL showroom has long gathered the state's crafts under one roof.
Best for Karnataka handicrafts, sandalwood and silk
Makes alcohol-free attars and pure oud oils by hydro-distillation in the classic Indian-Arabian perfumery tradition, a business the site says was founded in 1937. Works with oud, sandalwood oil and rare botanicals across attars, bakhoor and oud sticks.