santalum album Cas 8006-87-9
Steam distilled from the heart-wood. its beautiful its complex its persistent. Its divine.
compared the Indian variety.... critics tend to prefer this one.
compared to Australian spicata - this is more complex, even more persistent and tenacious.
Warm, rich, woody, very light in odour. We find that people who want a strong woody odour are disappointed with this oil - but if you have a strong woody odour you don't have genuine santalum album.
Enclosed below are the notes from S.Battaglia...The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy, 2nd edition 2003. ..having an extremely soft sweet woody odour and almost animal-balsamic odour, presenting little or no particular top note, and remaining uniform for a considerable length of time due to its outstanding tenacity."