Normally for production a small bottle of scent, it needs about 15 days. Fragrant attar from rose has more smell while attar that made from sandalwood oil has lasting smell. The natural perfume is free of alcohol and chemical, except for some productions. Heena attar and musk attar are winter varieties. Flower like white jasmine and plant like vetiver use for summer varieties while soil uses for monsoon variety, known as Mitti attar which is a specialty know for replicating petrichor. Also musk, camphor, saffron and other aromatic substances are used for production. They make from flowers and natural resources. When a craftsman explains about their family involvement in this industry, he says "My family has been working in this field since three centuries and my son is the 30th generation". The perfume manufacturing skill passed through generation to generation. An expert in the region says, " Kannauj has been the perfumery town of the country for thousands of years". Due to the key role of perfume production in Kannauj, the city is known as "the perfume capital of India" and "Kannauj is to India what Grasse is to France". Kannauj perfume has a long historical background and Kannauj had perfume trading for thousands of years.
KANNAUJ MITTI ATTAR REGISTRATION
It is listed at item 157 as "Kannauj Perfume" of the GI Act 1999 of the Government of India with registration confirmed by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks. It has been protected under the Geographical indication (GI) of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.
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The perfume production is popular in Kannauj, in the Uttar Pradesh state, India. Kannauj Perfume, also known as Kannauj Ittar, is a traditional Indian perfume manufacture.