An accord is a geometry. Sandalwood is rose, jasmine, sandalwood, oud, vetiver, musk or amber stacked on purpose.
Naturals and molecules share the same pyramid; IFRA draws some of the lines.
Accords
- Attar sandal — Flower ruh into album oil.
- Samsara temple — Jasmine + sandal + iris hints.
- Santal 33 pickle — Cedar, cardamom, leather-sandal.
- Aldehydic sandal — Bois des Îles.
- Javanol cream — Modern designer “sandalwood”.
Materials
- Santalum album — Indian / plantation; α- and β-santalol.
- Santalum spicatum — Australian; drier, less creamy.
- Javanol — Givaudan; potent creamy sandal.
- Polysantol / Ebanol — Firmenich sandal synths.
- Mysore legend oil — Old stocks; mostly a story now.
- Sandela — Older cheap sandal molecule.
Smell the materials before you trust a note list on a box of Sandalwood.
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