Finding Your Fragrance

What defines your fragrance?

Is it the one which elevates your mood, makes you feel relaxed, energizes you? Perhaps. My favourite are lavender and lemon grass fragrances.

Which is yours?

In my opinion to find out which one is yours, is to simply let your senses decide! Smell, rub it in your fingers, or wrist, or temples... and inhale... feel it!

Where to get it from?

There is a huge variety of fragrances in their different forms available in the internet. However not all of them promise you to be organic Those which are derived from real flowers and plants are the most valuable and actually least expensive. I am talking about those cute vials of amazing aroma which contain truly concentrated perfume or oil.
You are welcome to order your fragrance from our website bindibind.blogspot.com, just let know which one is yours! All the items will be packed in a beautiful handmade pouch or purse!

Your fragrance by Zodiac sign

ARIES
Patchouli, ginger, cinnamon, sandalwood, red roses, red carnation, or aloe perfume mustard, spicy spices. Enhance self-confirmation, his personal dynamism, the impulsiveness of the basic principles of expression and identity.

TAURUS
Musk, sandalwood, apple, pear, ivy, white rose, and gently earthy aromas, wildflowers. Enhance the mild nature, relax, create sensual mood. And it can help to create an atmosphere suitable for dining pleasure, massage, romance and love, fun, music or relaxation.

GEMINI
Honeysuckle, lemon, lime, jasmine. Also aromas of herbs, especially fennel and cloves. Thin and light flavors. These can be wonderful aids meditation. It can also help to create a very spiritual mood and stimulating the creation of an atmosphere of easy communication.

CANCER
Sandalwood, jasmine, peppermint, willow, wild flowers, rosemary, gardenia. The fresh, liquid flavors and aromas help you to get in touch with our emotional reactions, sharpen our intuition and / or stimulate a romantic cozy atmosphere.

LEO
Cinnamon, mandarin, orange and other citrus fruits. Ginger, laurel, heliotrope. Develop an atmosphere of progress, well-being, pleasure, creativity for the impressive Lion. Enhanced self-affirmation and a dynamic traction around.

VIRGO
Lily, lemon, herbs and earth aromas of forest. No heavy perfumes. Tend to enhance the expression and exploration of Earth’s logic and achievement can be useful to get in contact with any part of yourself you want to develop, as in the case of a talent on which we want to concentrate during meditation.

LIBRA
Cherry blossom cherry, pear, apple, mint, red and pink roses and sandalwood. Floral aromas general. To stimulate balance or to get in touch with every aspect of yourself that is in balance, aromas of Libra is particularly beneficial meditation aids.

SCORPIO
Patchouli and rose. Sandalwood and sensual aromas, intense. Flowers with characteristic pungent odor. Assist in creating the atmosphere of Scorpio, sensuality, power and dynamics of personal expression or emotionally charged.

SAGITTARIUS
Lavender, lilac, lime, herbs, asparagus, tomatoes, nutmeg. The aromas of Sagittarius is generous, full, pleasant aroma and each helps create a generous, optimistic atmosphere.

CAPRICORN

Mint, musk, magnolia, rosemary, brown or black wood incense. It is strong and earthy. We inspire a sense of foundation, and perhaps safety. Each scent that helps you try a serious atmosphere or stimulates a capable, responsible attitude.

AQUARIUS
Sandalwood, hyacinth, orchid, green meadow, fresh fragrances. It is unusual, to make you stop and give it meaning. Each scent that helps you create an electrifying atmosphere or you find that you wake up and make you rise.

PISCES
Jasmine, violet, white cloves, seaweed, seafood flavors, exotic aromas minutes. And every flavor that you find useful in creating an atmosphere of intellectual and / or emotional unity and peace, sensitivity, relaxation.

Indian Ittar (Attar)

It is always exciting and enriching to start something new. I am learning and getting to know a lot in order to make this website interesting and worth reading. Hence my passion for blogging and lov eof reading led me to discovery of a very beautiful word Ittar... Reminds me Egyptian gods' names...

Hence here is a little on what Ittar is:

Ittar (Hindi/Urdu) also known as Attar (Arabic: عطر‎) is a natural perfume oil derived from botanical sources. Most commonly these oils are taken from the botanical material through hydro or steam distillation. Oils can also be expressed by chemical means but generally natural perfumes which qualify as Ittar/Attars are distilled naturally. The oils obtained from the herbs flowers and wood are generally distilled into a wood base such as sandalwood and then aged. The aging period can last from one to ten years depending on the botanicals used and the results desired.

The word 'attar', 'ittar' or 'othr' is essentially an Arabic word meaning 'scent'; believed to have been derived from the Persian word Atr, meaning 'fragrance'.

The perfume references are part of a larger text called Brihat-Samhita written by Varahamihira, an Indian astronomer, mathematician and astrologer who lived in the historic city of Ujjain. He was one of the ‘nine jewels’ in the court of the Maharaja of Malwa. The perfume portion mainly deals with the manufacture of perfumes to benefit ‘royal personages and inmates of harems’. The text is written as Sanskrit slokas with commentary by a 10th Century Indian commentator Utpala.

In ancient India, ittar was prepared by placing precious flowers and sacred plants into a water or vegetable oil. Slowly the plants and flowers would infuse the water/oil with their delicate fragrance. The plant and flower material would then be removed and a symphony of their aromatic beauty would be held in the ittar. These ittars were then worn as a sacred perfume or to anoint.

The perfume portion mainly deals with the manufacture of perfumes to benefit ‘royal personages and inmates of harems’. The text is written as Sanskrit slokas with commentary by a 10th Century Indian commentator Utpala.

In ancient India, ittar was prepared by placing precious flowers and sacred plants into a water or vegetable oil. Slowly the plants and flowers would infuse the water/oil with their delicate fragrance. The plant and flower material would then be removed and a symphony of their aromatic beauty would be held in the ittar. These ittars were then worn as a sacred perfume or to anoint.

Upto the present the ittars are being produced and used in India a lot. I myself have a vial which has such a strong scent that I put it on once, and my clothing was still fragrant after many washes!

India has truly savoury  ittar (attar), mostly these are musk, mitti, jasmine, rose, oud, amber, lotus. Try them all and have in your collection, order from our website. Let us know what's your favourite fragrance. Write to Fragrant Land on bindibind.blogspot.com

Best wishes and good mood

from Bindi!

Discover India through Fragrance

Dear friends and potential customers! 

Our venture Fragrant Land on bindibind.blogspot.com platform aims to help you discover India your way, through it's most famous component - aroma.
Since ancient times India has been a center of production of various incense sticks, oils, soaps, cosmetics, all enriched with inspiring khushbu (fragrance) inherent only to India. Hence here we are excited to share this with all of you and give an opportunity to get to know at least a tiny peace of India, as this country  truly has many other exciting things in store for you.

Since we are at the beginning of a new road, we do one step at a time, and first of all offer a range of herbal soaps and shampoos. Along with products we would also have interesting  and informative posts related to ancient and modern Indian history of cosmetics making, use of agarbatti (incense sticks), spiritual meaning of different herbs and a lot more!

You are welcome to comment, suggest, give your feedback, simply check out what's new on bindibind.blogspot.com, and of course, join our blog in order to be updated on any news and events.

Sincerely yours,

Bindi from Fragrant Land.