Raat Rani is the AMAVAS fragrance built around night-blooming jasmine, the flower Indians call raat ki rani, queen of the night. It opens with saffron and cardamom, blooms into night jasmine, and settles onto smoked oud and sandalwood, at 20% parfum concentration for a full day of wear.
The flower that only works at night
Cestrum nocturnum keeps its scent shut all day and releases it after dark, which is why an entire street can smell of it at ten at night and of nothing at ten in the morning. Every Indian city has a lane where it climbs over a wall. That is the smell Raat Rani is built to carry.
How it is composed
- Opening: saffron and cardamom, warm and slightly bitter, the way a kitchen smells before the milk boils.
- Heart: night jasmine, full and almost too sweet, kept in check by the spice.
- Base: smoked oud and sandalwood, with a trace of vanilla, so the flower has somewhere dark to sit.
Who it is for
Anyone. Raat Rani is not gendered. On skin it reads as a warm floral with a smoky floor; in the heat the oud and sandalwood come forward, which is the point.
How long it lasts
Composed at 20% concentration and wear-tested in Indian heat, it is built to last a working day. Apply to warm skin, not clothing, and let it dry without rubbing.
Price and format
100 ml, Rs 1,999 at launch. Prebook a bottle of the First Moon for Rs 1,299 at amavas.beauty, shipped first and refundable until dispatch. Also in the Discovery Ritual, four 9 ml bottles for Rs 649.
