Top Notes 
Damask rose
Bergamot
Key lime
Mandarin orange
Pink pepper
Heart Notes 
Henna
Bulgarian rose
Hay
Pot marigold
Tuberose
Blackcurrant
Base Notes 
Indian oud
Ambergris
Australian sandalwood
Civet
Mitti attar
Tonka bean
Indian sandalwood
Patchouli
Frankincense
Myrrh
Oud
Saffron
Tobacco
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Mantra Maharashtra
In Hinduism, cows are somewhat like gods. Right now, they are lying in front of the old Jeep on the gravel, presenting their sacred behinds. In India, you can't drive past them; you still see the sharp dust blowing away, the heat shimmering above the leather, and you breathe in the animals until they move on. When they leave, it sometimes smells of berries, earth, and hay sticks to their backs, and the paths are lined with clay, distant fields grow roses, and from somewhere you smell the scent of rain. Your Jeep is loaded with sandalwoods, including some soft, mulchy barks; in the sun, resinous beads shimmer, some bright like Hesperides, others dazzling like ethereal glue. You still have tobacco remnants with you, and you will surely be standing here for a few more hours; you hear yourself humming an old mantra and start chewing the tobacco.
**
Nitish Dixit, a trained chemist with extensive knowledge of perfume production, and Zakir Laskar, an expert in traditional Indian scents, have formed the congenial duo Dixit & Zak since 2019, based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
"Hindi Tabac" thematizes the traditional scent of Indian chewing tobacco based on an ancient blend of oud, sandalwood, rose, and animalic notes, which is to be depicted in conjunction with other ingredients. After a brief citrusy touch with spicy pepper at the beginning, a spicy-bitter, leathery-animalic accord (civet, Indian oud, saffron) soon dominates, which remains consistent but gradually shifts from the animalic to the leathery. In the heart, sour berries and rose notes are perceptible, which, however, are toned down by spicy hay and earthy-clay aromas (oud, mitti attar) as well as a hint of tonka. In the base, various sandalwoods increasingly appear, both warm and ethereal-resinous, citrusy incense and balsamic myrrh support the different characters, while tobacco and amber connect the woods of the base with the leather and the chewing tobacco motif. A rather dry, woody-leathery overall impression emerges, subtly carrying the spicy tobacco theme within.
You hum the mantra from Maharashtra rather moderately, but for several hours, until the cows decide to move on.
(With thanks to Benkar)
**
Nitish Dixit, a trained chemist with extensive knowledge of perfume production, and Zakir Laskar, an expert in traditional Indian scents, have formed the congenial duo Dixit & Zak since 2019, based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
"Hindi Tabac" thematizes the traditional scent of Indian chewing tobacco based on an ancient blend of oud, sandalwood, rose, and animalic notes, which is to be depicted in conjunction with other ingredients. After a brief citrusy touch with spicy pepper at the beginning, a spicy-bitter, leathery-animalic accord (civet, Indian oud, saffron) soon dominates, which remains consistent but gradually shifts from the animalic to the leathery. In the heart, sour berries and rose notes are perceptible, which, however, are toned down by spicy hay and earthy-clay aromas (oud, mitti attar) as well as a hint of tonka. In the base, various sandalwoods increasingly appear, both warm and ethereal-resinous, citrusy incense and balsamic myrrh support the different characters, while tobacco and amber connect the woods of the base with the leather and the chewing tobacco motif. A rather dry, woody-leathery overall impression emerges, subtly carrying the spicy tobacco theme within.
You hum the mantra from Maharashtra rather moderately, but for several hours, until the cows decide to move on.
(With thanks to Benkar)
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