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Kannauj — India's Perfume Capital
Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India
The oldest continuously operating center of perfumery in the world. Kannauj — a small town in Uttar Pradesh — has been producing attars (traditional Indian perfume oils distilled into sandalwood oil).
Best for — 5,000 years of continuous perfumery — Mitti Attar (rain on earth), Shamama (40+ herbs), Ruh Gulab.
Crafted in Kannauj using the ancient deg-bhapka distillation method.
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