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Quick answers
What is Sandalwood?
Creamy santal — milk and temple wood, now mostly farmed. Wild Mysore is a story, not a supply chain.
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
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.
How should I wear Sandalwood?
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Which season fits?
Cool to cold, close to skin. Heat turns creamy wood into sun lotion.
Does skin chemistry change it?
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.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
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.
The market for Sandalwood runs from body mist to otto extrait.
Chanel, Guerlain and niche counters share a family and disagree on dose.
Houses
- Guerlain — Samsara.
- Chanel — Bois des Îles.
- Le Labo — Santal 33.
- Diptyque — Tam Dao.
- Kannauj houses — Attar trade.
- Givaudan — Javanol infrastructure.
Price bands
- Javanol designer EDP — Most “sandalwood” on a mall wall.
- Niche savory sandal — Santal 33 descendants.
- Attar tola — Oil economy, not ml of alcohol.
- Plantation-album extrait — Legal luxury wood.
Trends
- Traceable plantations — Anti-fraud copy.
- Savory sandal — Pickle-leather.
- Synth honesty — Named Javanol in some indies.
- Attar crossover — Alcohol houses borrowing tola aesthetics.
Stats
- Heartwood only — Sapwood is not the perfume crop.
- CITES watch — Album is not a free commodity.
- Attar logic — Sandal can be solvent, not only a note.
- Longevity — Among the longest-wearing naturals when real.
Price is not quality; it is harvest, IFRA and a story about Sandalwood.
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