Sandalwood, 1989: Samsara · 528
Choose Sandalwood by the note, not by the bottle photo. “Samsara” in 1989 titles that note, and 1989 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter. IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose. No. This atlas is cultural and editorial. Fragrance can irritate; oakmoss, eugenol, citrus oils and musks are common triggers. See a clinician for reactions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, treatment or safety sheet.
Sandalwood did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors. Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty. Indian sandal in sculpture, paste and medicine; the wood is the culture.
On the blotter, keep 1989, “Samsara,” and 1989. Without them Sandalwood blurs.1989
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1989
- Figure kept
- 1989
- Scent
- Sandalwood
- Trial line
- Samsara
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