Born into a middle-class family in Tarn Taran, a small district in Punjab, the late Shri Sudarshan Vansil fell for attar oils as a boy. He recommended them to friends around his village, and before long he was selling attar rolls, out of nothing more than passion for the craft.
Manogii carries that foundation. The second generation now runs the counters in Amritsar and Delhi, blending, bottling and gifting with the same fondness for a good, honest scent.
Attar, ittar, othr
The word comes from the Arabic for scent. In ancient India, attar was made by steeping precious flowers and sacred plants in water or vegetable oil, until the oil held their fragrance.