Samsara
1989– · France
Jean-Paul Guerlain’s jasmine-sandal temple.
Samsara (1989–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Samsara as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Icons for Sandalwood are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
People
Bois des Îles
1926– · France
Aldehydic sandal couture.
Bois des Îles (1926–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Bois des Îles as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Santal 33
2011– · United States
Pickle-cedar-sandal; a 2010s city uniform.
Santal 33 (2011–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Santal 33 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Tam Dao
2003– · France
Temple sandal-cedar as a quiet European memory.
Tam Dao (2003–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Tam Dao as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Kannauj attar
c. 1600s– · India
Sandal as the receiver oil for rose and mogra.
Kannauj attar (c. 1600s–, India) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Kannauj attar as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Jean-Paul Guerlain
1937– · France
Samsara’s author; last family nose of that sandal scale.
Jean-Paul Guerlain (1937–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Jean-Paul Guerlain as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Javanol
2000s– · Switzerland
The molecule that replaced vanished album in briefs.
Javanol (2000s–, Switzerland) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Javanol as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Santalum album
— · India
The species behind chandan, attar and the CITES story.
Santalum album (—, India) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Santalum album as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Sandalwood is argued.
Debate
- Album vs Javanol — Whether a creamy synth without Mysore is still sandalwood.
- Temple vs pickle — Samsara milk versus Santal 33’s savory city wood.
An icon is a brief that other Sandalwood formulas still answer.
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