The recipes for ambari are kept as family secrets, and the attar requires months of intensive labor to prepare. Ambari attar includes roots such as jatamansi, spices such as saffron, flowers such as champa, herbs such as patchouli, woods such as agarwood, and exotic substances such as lichens, mosses, and burnt shells. The result is a deep, potent, and heady masculine perfume with complex layers of wood, spice, and earth notes.