KARACHI: There is a column of attar dealers close to Eidgah on M.A. Jinnah Road who have been there since the last part of the 1940s. 


The most established of them, Inshaallah Mashaallah Perfumers, opened in 1949 however its story doesn't actually start from here. "We were into the attar-production and selling business even before the parcel of the Indian subcontinent. However, then, at that point we moved the privately-run company to Karachi," says Mr Sanaullah, the retailer encompassed by a wide range of attar in his large and vaporous shop. About the name of the shop, he grins and says that his granddad was named Mohammad Mashaallah and granduncle Mohammad Inshaallah.

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"Attar is more well known among Muslims than ordinary scents as they are oil-based while most unfamiliar aromas are liquor based," Mr Sanaullah clarifies.

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Still nowadays, numerous attar shops, particularly those in enormous shopping centers, house oil-based scents yet with comparative aromas as some mainstream French fragrances have. Samina, a client, says that when she can't stand to purchase the costly marked scents like Cool Water, Hugo, Bvlgari, Chanel or Clive Christian, she goes for the following most ideal alternative, duplicated aromas in attar. "However, I must be mindful so as not to spot on something over the top or they'll leave a stain on my dress due to being oil-based," she says.


 



"The distinction in value ends up being a significant chief for the clients," says Mr Khalid at adjoining Saeed Ghani. "A 100ml container of marked unfamiliar fragrance would cost you Rs10,000 or more and a 36ml jug of attar will be around Rs1,000 just," he says." Then attar is more grounded and more solid. The liquor based aromas don't keep going extremely long and dissipate effectively, yet that is not the situation with oil-based attars, scents of which wait for quite a long time. Due to this you may likewise complete a scent bottle in a month while the attar jug will last you four months, at any rate" he says. 


"All things considered, we don't make the attar reproductions here. They are for the most part likewise imported," says Mr Sanaullah. 

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Among the most well known neighborhood attar are musk, golden and sandalwood. "These can be costly or modest relying upon their quality," he says. "They are additionally utilized in fragrance based treatment," he adds. 



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Other than the attar, Inshaallah Mashaallah likewise sells loban-daans or containers like urns yet with openings in them for letting the smoke from consuming wood chips dunked in fragrant oils with charcoal getaway. It's anything but a colorful air on friendly events particularly milads.