RUH KHUS — Pure Vetiver Itr. Soul of Vetiver.
Before air conditioning existed in India, there was khus. Woven into screens and matting, soaked with water, it cooled rooms naturally as the breeze passed through. The smell of wet vetiver root is the smell of an Indian summer being tamed.
Ruh Khus is the pure steam-distilled oil of vetiver root — grown in the black cotton soil of Kannauj, harvested after two full years in the ground. The longer the root grows, the deeper and more complex the oil. What you smell is earth that has been patient.
On skin, it opens grassy and slightly smoky, then settles into a deep, cool, mineral vetiver that stays close to the skin for hours. The original summer itr. Still the best one.
