Bombay Perfumery series. Pic Courtesy/Sana Javeri Kadri

Manan Gandhi loves black pepper. While working in his lab to create fragrances, the founder of Bombay Perfumery keeps a bottle of black pepper oil with him for inspiration. When having lunch, he ensures he has black pepper with his food. "I am attracted to the spice, and knew I had to use it in a fragrance," admits Gandhi. Pepper, thus, is one of the notes in the spicy and woody Calicut eau de parfum.