Kannauj Perfume, also known as Kannauj Ittar, is a traditional Indian

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manufacture. The perfume production is popular in

Kannauj Kannauj ( Hindustani pronunciation: ənːɔːd͡ʒ is a city, administrative headquarters and a municipal board or Nagar Palika Parishad in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city's name is a corrupted form of the class ...

, in the

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state,

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. It has been protected under the

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(GI) of the

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(TRIPS) agreement. 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. Kannauj perfume has a long historical background and Kannauj had perfume trading 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

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is to France". An expert in the region says, "''Kannauj has been the perfumery town of the country for thousands of years''". The perfume manufacturing skill passed through generation to generation. 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". They make from flowers and natural resources. Also

musk Musk (Persian: مشک, ''Mushk'') is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery. They include glandular secretions from animals such as the musk deer, numerous plants emitting similar fragrances, and artificial sub ...

camphor Camphor () is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone. It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel ('' Cinnamomum camphora''), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the k ...

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and other aromatic substances are used for production. Flower like white jasmine and plant like

vetiver ''Chrysopogon zizanioides'', commonly known as vetiver and khus, is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae. Vetiver is most closely related to ''Sorghum'' but shares many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...

use for summer varieties while soil uses for monsoon variety, known as ''Mitti attar'' which is a specialty know for replicating

petrichor Petrichor () is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed , the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology. Origins Long before this phenomenon received its name in 1964, it had been n ...

. Heena attar and musk attar are winter varieties. The natural perfume is free of alcohol and chemical, except for some productions. Fragrant attar from rose has more smell while attar that made from sandalwood oil has lasting smell. Normally for production a small bottle of scent, it needs about 15 days. Kannauj perfume has local and international markets and about 20 companies export to foreign countries such as UK, USA, Australia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Singapore, France, Oman, Qatar, etc.

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History of Kannauj Attar Perfumes

Making Perfume From the Rain

Land acquired for Kannauj perfume park
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