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Lala Kedarnath Khatri at his perfume shop in Kannauj with a container of kewra (Pandanus) base. Due to its complexity and exactness, perfumers passed down formulas as a closely guarded secret through generations in the same family. Some families in Kannauj claim to have been in the perfume making industry for 30 generations.

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A worker fixes the Chonga (bamboo pipe) to the Deg (distillation pot). The fumes (Bhap) pass through the Chonga and condense in small pots called Bhapkas (Courtesy: Udit Kulshreshtra)

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