Mitti Attar

Description

The smell of the first monsoon rains on the dry ground. This is a unique attar that is not made from a plant, but from a special, half-baked clay called khapra, which is harvested near Kannauj. Where does the aroma of clay come from? Petrichor is an oily substance secreted by certain plants, then absorbed by the clay soil and rocks during dry periods. Mitti attar smell like petrichor.

Energetic Properties: It is subtle, dusty, intimate, deep and once again very uniquely and recognizably Indian. India’s earth expresses itself and is held by the sandalwood base. The sandalwood really takes a back seat and allows the subtleties of this aroma to come through.  Extremely grounding.

Smell: rain-soaked earth, clay, butter (due to the sandalwood) 

Perfume note: Base note

Main Chemical Constituents: geosmin (1)

Adulteration and quality: A review of the literature does not indicate adulteration of mitti attar to be a known problem.

Citation:

1. https://microbiologysociety.org/static/uploaded/cb7855b1-4ab0-42fc-84a40e3e99443335.pdf#page=24

To read more about mitti, check out our articles, Aromatic Allies for Historical Trauma ,Mitti Attar grounds and reconnects us  and The history of Attars