Traditional attars of India are rarely found in their pure form today. They are often adulterated with synthetic chemicals or the base oil, Sandalwood, is stretched with liquid paraffin or similar substances. In the traditional process various flowers, roots, herbs, spices, etc are hydrodistilled in copper vessels into a receiving vessel containing pure Sandalwood oil. There the vapors condense and after the day’s distillation, the water and oil separate, allowing most of the aromatic molecules to become absorbed into the Sandalwood oil. The water is decanted off and added back to the distilling vessel for the next day’s distillation. The process, in the case of single flowers like Rose, Jasmin, Tuberose, Lotus, Heena, etc is repeated for a minimum of 15 days until the Sandalwood becomes totally saturated with the scent of that particular flower. The process for making Shamama and Amber Hina Attar is much more sophisticated and requires numerous other steps and as many as 60 natural ingredients go into thier production which takes place over a couple of months. Please note that many oils in India are in the common market called Attar but they are not at all what their names claim to be. These Attars are true, authentic Indian Attars and require a huge amount of labor and fresh materials which makes them costly items to produce. Droppers, pipettes and/or orifice reducers are sold seperately ( see Bottles & Supplies). For information on Essential Oils see EO Main Page. For safety info see Safety Chart. Enjoy!