Description
Indian sandalwood is the most revered sandalwood in the world. This one is soft, creamy and rich. It is elegant, round and smooth with a velvety texture that sets it way above many of the other woody oils. Santalum alba is native to India and has been harvested for perfume, ceremony and ritual for many thousands of years. It is extremely calming to the mind connecting the crown with the base chakra making it a very helpful oil to use in meditation. It is also used as a base for the preparation of attars.
While there has been valid concern about overharvesting of sandalwood, we are committed to ensuring that the sandalwood oil we offer is harvested in a sustainable way.
Energetic Profile: Calming, helps sleep, antidepressant, balancing harmonizing, grounding, sensual. helps with nervous exhaustion. Helps settle aggression, irritation, and frustration. Resonates throughout the psyche and the chakra system. brings an energy of peacefulness.
Smell: warm, woody, buttery, creamy, soft, deep, ambery, leathery
Perfumery note: Base note
Main Chemical Constituents:α-santalol. β-Santalol
Adulteration and quality: Sandalwood essential oil has a high value, is popular and thus subject to frequent attempts to adulterate. (1) Based on conversations, we are confident that our distiller in India does not adulterate.
Citation:
- Bisht, Surendra Singh, Rakesh Kumar, and Mamata Ravindera. “Adulteration in Indian sandalwood oil (Santalum album L.) and detection.” Everymans Sci53 (2018): 293-295.
To learn more about sandalwood, check out these blogs on Cathy’s Attars:
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