SHAMAMA or SHAMAMATUL AMBER smells spicy, herbaceous, woody, saffronish ‘niche type’ oriental which is hugely popular in the Middle Eastern world. SHAMAMA is an important component for making ‘Mukhallat’ and ‘Bakhoor’ fragrances. No less liked by the Indians as a fragrance and widely used in making incense sticks and tobacco compounds. It is also used for external application as a winter perfume for its warm character.

Knowledge of the SHAMAMA making process is a carefully guarded secret and has been portrayed, at best, as one in which a number of aromatic herbs, spices, roots, flowers, seeds, woods, essential oils have been combined and hyrdodistilled to produce the characteristically potent oriental fragrance.