How is the famous attar of Kannauj made? | The Hindu

It takes more than 1000kg of rose petals to make just 6-8ml of Attar, or perfume oil. Good quality attar can fetch up to Rs. 10,000.

With no electricity and heavy machinery, perfumers in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh have been making attar using the century-old Deg and Bhapka method.

We travelled to India’s perfume capital to find out how the famous attars are made.

We also see how attar different from regular perfume.

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Reporting: Soma Basu

Video, photos and production: Richard Kujur

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