Saman Nadeem
Sep 1, 2018 · 2 min read

Smell like Aphrodite

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Drenched in a shower of a spicy, trailing aroma of natural ingredients such as the likes of sweet smelling roses, velvety musk, sandalwood and ambergris immersed in a bevy of fragrances and scented bricks deep from the heart of woodlands, altars and Delphic shrines we will name the exotic fusion as Bakhoor. It’s the prime dream of every young maiden to smell and conquer like a deity or a nymph, to be laden with a whiff of sweet smelling fragrances with a velvety musk like tone to waft the air with her choice of a scent. Bakhoor is an art of a Yemen name imparted to a blended aromatic fragrance of spice-scented bricks combined with a traditional fusion of natural botanical ingredients pooled with essential oils and mixed with other natural ingredients (resin, ambergris, musk, sandalwood, essential oils etc. Bakhoor, when mentioned, signifies to processed incense which may contain Oud, commonly known as Agarwood in some form or the other infrequently. It is an ancestral trade of concocting a natural aromatic scent.


WHEN IS BAKHOOR USED:

Bakhoor is a spicy, woody smelling scent mainly used to perfume the air during festive functions like weddings, sacred gatherings, to create an amorous aura in romantic chambers, to whisk away evil spirits and forces, in perfumed baths, to nurture positive growth of energy and dampen ill feelings, as a benchmark of hospitality and as a centuries’ old, timeworn gift of old wives’ tales compelling it as an ingredient to fight maladies. It is also used to trigger a release of beta endorphins to enhance mood states in people suffering from depression and gloominess.

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