Kannauj perfume heritage
Four centuries of perfume from one river town
Kannauj has served as the perfume capital of India for over four centuries. The Ganges basin's humid microclimate and its long relationship with botanical distillation shaped a craft that still defines our collection.
The deg-bhapka method
From copper fire to aged vessel
01
Copper cauldron fire
Botanical materials are loaded into a copper deg and heated slowly over wood fire.
02
Mud-sealed joints
River mud seals the vessel so vapour travels only toward the bhapka receiver.
03
Cold-water cooling
Cold water is poured over the bhapka, condensing the rising vapour into fragrant distillate.
04
Receiver and aging
The distillate collects in the receiver vessel and rests before it is bottled.
Knowledge kept by hand
Machines and synthetic chemistry cannot replicate this knowledge. Mitti attar captures the first rain on parched earth, baked alluvial clay and all.
We preserve the artisan judgement behind every batch so that Kannauj's distillation craft continues in its own honest form.