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Aptar’s Essencia Delivers Longer, Softer Fragrance Sprays

Aug 10th, 2026

Essencia Bloom Aptar perfume bottles in pink glass with chrome sprayers, surrounded by delicate pink cherry blossoms

Aptar

Aptar Beauty

Essencia is Aptar Beauty’s North America-made fragrance pump, combining a modern low-profile design with gentle actuation and homogeneous spray. Engineered for high compatibility and olfactive neutrality, Essencia is available with the Bloom insert for a 3x longer spray and a refillable screw-on neck finish, ideal for hair and body mists.

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