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How Mumbai's oldest Ittar market is keeping its business alive


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vishal S
Some people are still putting the bad type of ittar
by vishal S on May 11, 2015 11:08 PM

I dont know why some people are still putting the bad type of ittar, mostly in muslim areas. Sometimes I feel that the smell of the sweat would be better that that irritating ittar. I request please use good ittar or dont use it at all.

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shirish
Ittar of natural herbs & flowers.
by shirish on May 11, 2015 07:14 PM

Once upon a time, Bhendi Bazar was known for ittars from Natural Products, like extracts from herbs & flowers.
With the passage of time, people find a cheap vartiety of ittars, which has paved way to chemical ittars.
Chemical ittars have started in sixties. They don't have any spiritual and medicinal values like natural ittars, although, they have smells like natural ittars.
It is almost 50 years, almost all incense sticks now a days use chemical ittars, and smoke produced by burning such incence sticks although produce same good smell, they produce harmful & toxic fumes to human body.

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jack Pais
always wanted to know
by jack Pais on May 11, 2015 10:48 AM  | Hide replies

I was always curious of this attar business. Quite an informative piece on this business and product. Thanks Rediff.

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ASHRAF NATHER
Re: always wanted to know
by ASHRAF NATHER on May 13, 2015 02:22 PM
dear jack,

ittar is nothing, it is free from alcohol. that why muslim using it.

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