Мітті аттар
Mitti attar is an attar of Kannauj made by distilling clay into sandalwood oil. The smell of mitti attar resembles petrichor, the loamy smell of a first rain.
- Type
- Складник
- Olfactive family
- Деревні
- Source
- half-baked clay distilled into sandalwood oil
Запах
Молекула: виробники й варіанти
Докладно
Цікавий факт
Mitti attar is distilled from broken shards of earthen vessels. In Vijay Market in Kannauj, the best-selling item remains mitti attar.
Отримання й хімія
Спосіб отримання
Mitti attar is made in Kannauj by the traditional deg-bhapka process, a hydro-distillation using copper stills. Fragments of half-baked clay are placed in the deg instead of vetiver roots and flower petals. The clay pieces are submerged in water, and a lid is secured on top and sealed with mud. A wood or cow-dung fire is lit underneath. The bhapka, filled with sandalwood oil, is sunk into the water trough and joined to the deg by a hollow bamboo pipe. The vapours travel through the pipe from the simmering pot and merge with the sandalwood oil base in the receiver. The receiver is switched every few hours, and the deg is cooled with damp cloths. The attar is kept in leather bottles called kuppis and placed in the sun, so that excess water evaporates and the scent develops.
- Формула
- Complex natural mixture (key constituents: α-santalol; β-santalol)
- Зовнішній вигляд
- Pale yellow to yellow clear oily liquid (sandalwood oil base)
- Сила запаху
- Від середньої до високої (на основі сандалової олії)
- Синоніми
- Itr-e-khaki, earth's perfume
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Температура кипіння
- 276 °C at 760 mm Hg (sandalwood oil base)
- Температура спалаху
- > 200 °F (sandalwood oil base)
- Відносна густина
- 0.970 to 0.978 at 25 °C (sandalwood oil base)
- Показник заломлення
- 1.498 to 1.512 at 20 °C (sandalwood oil base)
У парфумерії
Used as a perfume, an attar requires only one tiny drop on each wrist; rubbing the wrists together intensifies the aroma through body heat. Attar was also added to royal baths and palace fountains, and given to special guests as a gift. Traditional attars do not use alcohol as their base. Found in compositions by PREMIEREPEAU that explore earthy, grounding themes.
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