Kewda/Keora(Pandanus odoratissimus) attar/India wild harvest

"The kewda (Pandanus odoratissimus) is another. It has a very agreeable perfume. Musk has the defect of being dry; this may be called moist musk-a very agreeable perfumeIn amongst the inner leaves grown things like what belongs to a middle of a flower and from these things comes the excellent perfume" Babur Nama-1525

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Kewda for Attar Industry

Olfactory properties of Kewda/Keora Attar(Pandanus odoratissimus)/India wild harvest
The attar of kewda displays a high, sweet, piercing, fresh floral bouquet with a resinous/citrus/honeyed undertone. It has some notes in common with frankincense, hyacinth, narcissus, golden champac and gardenia. Because of the fixative qualities of sandalwood the high, sweet, intense honeyed, floral note persists for quite some time on the perfume blotter

Blends well with amberi attar; anise, star eo and co2; anise seed eo and co2; basil eo, co2 and abs; beeswax abs; benzoin abs; cananga eo; champa, golden abs; cistus eo and abs; citrus oils; fennel eo and co2; frangipani abs; frankincense eo, co2 and abs; galbanum eo and abs; gardenia abs; ginger eo, co2 and abs; hyacinth abs; jasmin sambac and jasmin auriculatum abs; karo karounde abs; labdanum eo and abs; lemon myrtle eo; litsea cubeba eo; musk black attar; osmanthus abs; peru balasm eo and abs; petitrain eo's; rose eo and abs; sage clary eo and abs; sandalwood eo, co2 and abs; shamama attar; siamwood eo; styrax eo and abs; tagetes eo, attar and abs; tarragon eo and abs; tolu balsam eo and abs; tonka bean abs; tuberose abs and attar; ylang eo, co2 and abs; vanilla abs and co2; verbena eo and abs; vetiver eo, co2 and abs; white ginger lily abs

In perfumery can be used in mythological perfumes; high class florals; oriental bouquets; tropical perfumes; honeysuckle, gardenia, hyacinth, lilac and narcissus re-creations



Links to Keora/Kewda/Pandanus odoratissimus
Kewda Industry in Ganjan District of Orrisa
Cultivation Of Medicinal And Aromatic Crops By Farooqi A.A., B.S. Sreeramu
Kewda - Orrisa's Fragrant Floral King
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
Essential oil composition of Pandanus odoratissimus
Bo Jensons Aromatic Database
Cyclopædia of India and of eastern and southern Asia Volume 4 By Edward
Balfour
Indian medicinal plants: a compendium of 500 species, Volume 4 By P. K. Warrier, V. P. K. Nambiar, C. Ramank
Hawaiian heritage plants By Angela Kay Kepler
A dictionary of the economic products of India, Volume 6, Part 1 By Sir George Watt
Plant Myths and Traditions in India