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Attar Meaning: What Is Attar Perfume, How It Is Made and Its Types

Attar is a concentrated, oil-based perfume made without alcohol. It is traditionally produced by distilling flowers, herbs, woods or spices and capturing their aroma in a base oil, most often...

Unisex Perfume Meaning: What It Is and Can Women Wear Men’s Perfume?

Unisex perfume meaning is simple: a fragrance made or marketed to be worn by anyone, regardless of gender. And yes, women can wear men’s perfume, just as men can wear...

Diwali and Bhai Dooj Gift Ideas: Perfume Gift Sets for Your Loved Ones

Gift sets, attars and perfumes for family, brothers and sisters, with prices from The Fragrance Book. Diwali brings a long list of people to buy for: parents, in-laws, cousins, colleagues,...

Best Perfumes and Attars for Navratri: Fragrances for Puja, Garba & Dandiya Nights

Navratri runs on two different clocks. The morning belongs to aarti, a quiet stretch in front of the mandir, and family gathered in traditional wear. The evening belongs to garba...

What Is Oud? A Beginner's Guide to Oud Perfumes

Oud is the dark, resin-soaked heartwood of the Aquilaria tree, which forms only after the tree is wounded or infected by a fungus. In India it is called agar, and...

Buying Perfume Online? How to Choose the Right Fragrance Without Smelling It First

You're scrolling through a perfume website and every product photo looks the same: a well-lit bottle, a short description, and no way to actually smell what's inside. Buying perfume online...

Best Perfumes for Indian Occasions: Weddings, Festivals and Date Nights

An everyday perfume and an occasion perfume are not doing the same job. Daily wear only has to sit close to the skin and stay pleasant through an air-conditioned working...

How to Identify an Original Perfume

Buying a fragrance you love only to find it fades within an hour or smells nothing like the tester is a frustrating and expensive experience. How to identify original perfume...