Nemat International
170-year-old Indian attar tradition, brought to the West.
Nemat International was established in the United States by the Attarwala family, whose involvement in the art of attar-making stretches back over 170 years to the rose-growing region of Haldighati, near Udaipur, Rajasthan. Mr. Ismail M. Attarwala founded Nemat Enterprises in Bombay in the mid-twentieth century, and a later generation of the family brought the operation to American soil, establishing Nemat International as the Western retail and wholesale arm of the family's legacy. The US entity's product catalogue — including the famous Amber, Vanilla Musk, Egyptian Musk, and Majmua fragrance oils — dates to at least 1991 on international databases. Nemat's core offering is alcohol-free perfume oil in jojoba carrier, a format rooted in the South Asian and Middle Eastern attar tradition. The oils are formulated to warm and evolve with skin chemistry, offering a softness and intimacy that alcohol-based sprays cannot replicate. Fragrance families are organised into Musk, Floral, Woody, and Traditional Indian categories, with raw materials including Indian sandalwood, Jasmine Sambac, Bulgarian lavender, and rose absolute. Distribution spans the Middle East, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, reaching both specialty fragrance boutiques and mainstream retail channels. Nemat's accessible price points — most oils retail below $20 for a roll-on vial — make the brand a popular introduction to attar-style perfumery for Western consumers discovering the format.