by Divya Dugar
Growing up in India, I had always associated seasons with smells.
White jasmine (motiya) and vetiver (khus) were summer smells.
Mitti attar, which captures the scent of wet earth, makes me dream of an impending monsoon.
Heena and musk attar were for winter, with their heat-generating properties.
In search of these childhood scents, I ended up on a trip to a dusty little Indian town in the state of Uttar Pradesh -- Kannauj, India's perfume capital.
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