Craftsmanship
Seven stages, none of them quick.
From the hour a flower is picked to the day a box is sealed, an Aadhya stick passes through nine pairs of hands and at least twenty-one days.
Handcrafted in India
100% Charcoal-Free & Hand-Rolled
- 01
Harvest at dusk
Mogra and jasmine are picked in the last hour of light, when the flower holds the most oil.
- 02
Cold maceration
Petals steep in sandal base oil for seven days — no heat, no solvent, no hurry.
- 03
The paste
Bamboo dust, halmaddi resin and wood powder are kneaded by hand until the paste ribbons.
- 04
Hand rolling
Each stick is rolled on the palm. A trained roller makes about 900 a day, never more.
- 05
Shade drying
Forty-eight hours in cross-ventilated shade. Sunlight would flatten the top note.
- 06
Dipping & resting
Sticks are dressed in the finished attar and rested 7–21 days before boxing.
- 07
Hand boxing
Cotton-paper sleeves are folded, sealed with wax and numbered by the person who packed them.
Burn time
55–60 minutes per stick
Core
Bamboo and Bambooless
Binder
Natural halmaddi resin
Charcoal
None, in any blend
Ash
Pale grey, low fall
Origin
India