Sandalwood - Plantation Grown EO


Details

  • (Previously known as Sandalwood - Fine)
  • Botanical Name: Santalum album L.
  • Origin: Australia
  • Process: Steam Distilled Essential Oil
  • Plant Part: Heartwood
  • Cultivation: Plantation Grown
  • Use: Aromatherapy / Natural Perfumery. Always dilute.
  • Note: Base Note, Excellent Fixative
  • Aroma Family: Woody
  • Aroma: Very deep, soft, sweet-woody, with a very long, full-bodied, balanced, extremely sweet and creamy-smooth dry down. 
  • Contraindications: Possible (though rare) adverse skin reaction; please see Safety Considerations below.



Product Name SKU Price Qty
  1. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 1 ml 902-33
    $12.00
  2. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 2 ml 902-002
    $20.50
  3. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 5 ml 902-005
    $41.75
  4. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 15 ml (1/2 oz) 902-015
    $102.50
  5. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 30 ml (1 oz) 902-030
    $186.75
  6. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 2 oz 902-9
    $340.50
  7. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 4 oz 902-10
    $625.50
  8. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 8 oz 902-11
    $1,555.75
  9. Sandalwood - Plantation Grown 16 oz 902-12
    $2,148.00
  10. For larger sizes or quantities please contact us for pricing and availability.         

Overview

Plantation Grown Sandalwood Essential Oil

(Previously known as Sandalwood - Fine)

We are very excited to have come across a most excellent Santalum album essential oil, this time from Australia, with an aroma that is very much like the classic Mysore Sandalwood from India  yet another beautiful Sandalwood essential oil to add to our offerings. This could very well be the Sandalwood oil well worth setting aside for aging: its aroma is very deep, soft, sweet-woody, with a very long, full-bodied, balanced, extremely sweet and creamy-smooth drydown. If nothing else, get a sample to check out this beauty, but fair warning  be prepared to swoon and be hooked!

This Sandalwood essential oil comes from trees that are plantation grown using sustainable practices. In addition, replanting occurs on a continuing basis, thus it is guaranteed ethically harvested. This oil is composed for the most part of a sesquiterpene alcohol  α-santalol1  a compound that gives viscosity and a woody aroma as well as being responsible for much of the beneficial effects.2

The Sandalwood essential oil most recognized is distilled from Santalum album in the Mysore region of India. It is an alarming fact that Mysore Sandalwood has endured severe population decline and genetic impoverishment (i.e., become nearly extinct) due to decades of over-harvesting, mismanagement of forests and illegal poaching  all driven by lucrative global demand. This is good news and bad news. The bad news is that high value plus harvesting restrictions are powerful incentives for the development of synthetics and the routine adulteration of genuine Sandalwood oils.3 The good news is that this near tragedy created a new industry in other regions for cultivating various species of Sandalwood (including S. album) using more sustainable practices  a successful strategy for redirecting market pressure away from this precious botanical. Sandalwood, an exquisitely fragrant and praiseworthy tree, like the majestic elephant, has been nearly loved to death. May your usage of Sandalwood be mindful, and may you be present in the magnificence of every application.

Eden Botanicals sources a wide variety of sustainably harvested Santalum species from reputable suppliers in different geographical regions that we are sure will enchant and delight even the most discriminating Sandalwood lovers and natural perfumers. Sandalwood oil is beneficial in targeted skincare preparations and facial serums to improve the appearance of aging, dry, or congested skin. The divine aroma inspires an ambiance of peaceful contemplation and lends elevating and centering properties to meditation and incense blends.

Not sure which Sandalwood to choose? Please see our Sandalwood Samples (you can uncheck the ones you don't want to receive). For a complete list of our Sandalwood offerings, click here.

For information regarding the attributes of Sandalwood essential oil, please see:

  • Essential Oils  A Handbook for Aromatherapy Practice, 2nd ed., Jennifer Peace Rhind, 2012, pp. 218-20.
  • Fragrance and Wellbeing, Jennifer Peace Rhind, 2014, pp. 161-6.
  • Advanced Aromatherapy, Kurt Schnaubelt, 1998, p. 29.
  • L'Aromathérapie Exactement, Pierre Franchomme and Dr. Daniel Pénoël, 1990, pp. 396-7.
  • Aromatherapy Workbook (revised edition), Marcel Lavabre, 1997, p. 148.
  • The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils, Julia Lawless, 2013, pp. 179-80.
  • Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit, Gabriel Mojay, 1996, pp. 116-7.

For information regarding the use of Sandalwood essential oil in natural perfumery, please see:


Aromatic Profile: Very deep, soft, sweet-woody, with a very long, full-bodied, balanced, extremely sweet and creamy-smooth drydown. Excellent fixative.


Appearance: Colorless, transparent, somewhat viscous mobile liquid.


Storage Suggestions: This oil will actually improve with age, that is, the aroma will become deeper, rounder and more refined over time when properly stored at a constant temperature below 65-70F degrees.


Use: Aromatherapy / Natural Perfumery. PLEASE NOTE: Sandalwood essential oil is somewhat viscous and may clog some types of aromatic diffusers. Mixing Sandalwood with a thinner, more mobile essential (not fixed) oil before adding to a diffuser is recommended.


Blending Suggestions: Dilute and add drop by drop to your blends until the desired effect is achieved.


Blends Well With: Agarwood, Amber Oil - Fossilized, Ambrette, Amyris, Bergamot, Black Currant Bud, Black Pepper, Boronia, Cardamom, Cassie, Chamomile (Roman), Champaca, Cistus, Clary Sage, Clove, Coriander, Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Jasmine, Juniper Berry, Labdanum, Lavender, Lemon, Linden Blossom, Lotus, Mandarin, Mimosa, Myrrh, Neroli, Nutmeg, Oakmoss, Orange, Orris, Osmanthus, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Petitgrain, Rose, Spikenard, Tangerine, Tuberose, Vetiver, Ylang Ylang. "Hugely versatile [and] one of a few outstanding fixatives and oils used for blending in many perfume types. Indispensible [and] …one of the most useful of all perfume materials."4


Safety Considerations: Possible (though rare) photoallergic skin reaction; a maximum dermal use level of 2% is recommended.5 Dilute before using. A patch test should be performed before use for those with sensitive skin.


1 Industry communication.

2 Bowles, E. Joy. The Chemistry of Aromatherapeutic Oils, 3rd ed., 2003, pp. 75-6.

Turin, Luca. The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell, 2006, p. 77.

4 Lawless, Alec. Artisan Perfumery or Being Led by the Nose, 2009, p. 68.

5Tisserand, Robert and Rodney Young. Essential Oil Safety, 2nd ed., 2014, p. 418.


The FDA has not evaluated the statements on this website. No claims are made by Eden Botanicals as to the medicinal value of any products from Eden Botanicals. The information presented here is for educating our customers about the traditional uses of essential oils and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. You are responsible for understanding the safe application of these products. If you have any questions, please call or email us for further information.

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Customer Reviews for Sandalwood - Plantation Grown EO

Intoxicating Review by
Rating
5
This is the first time experiencing Santalum Album and I am blown away. I can tell that this is the sandalwood that many perfumes and colognes use or synthesize. In fact, this Sandalwood almost immediately reminded me of the old discontinued Gucci Rush for men.
Up front and at first, plantation grown Santalum Album is softer and more subdued as opposed to the immediate full-bodied intensity of Santalum Paniculatum (Royal Hawaiian, my other personal favorite sandalwood). It comes off creamy and soft while quickly unfolding it's woody, sensuous embrace. Seriously, this one is aphrodisiac SUPREME.
The payoff is in the drydown which I find to be the longest of all sandalwoods. Absolutely hands down gorgeous LOVE IT YAS YAS YASSS lol.
Well done curating this one, Eden B! <3
(Posted on 11/22/2020)
Yes! This Is A Good Oil For Aging. Review by
Rating
3
This oil is pretty good. A little green. A little “snapped branch” smell. But ok. But....

About 2 1/2 years ago I put 3g of deer musk in an ounce of this oil. After it macerated 14 months I started using it. Definitely enhanced by the musk but still not special. I used about half the ounce, wasn’t thrilled, and put it away and forgot about it for nearly a year.

Today, after testing a swipe of vanilla I’ve been tincturing, I happened to dig this out and rubbed a fingertip’s worth over the vanilla. Oh my goodness gracious me! Something magical happened. The quiet green little oil became rough, tough, spicy, balmy, maybe even a bit of Kyara-ish showstopping focus-enhancing wowie-zowie! (Not saying it smells like kyara.)

Buy this oil. Macerate good stuff in it. (I’ve got saffron working now.) Age it a long time. Learn patience. You will be rewarded.
(Posted on 7/22/2019)
Wonderful for skin Review by
Rating
5
I suffer from hyperpigmentation. I used this eo and I've seen my dark patches fade within a month. Its worked more efficiently than any other bleach cream. This was my first time buying sandalwood. I am verrrry pleased with smell and benefits. I love all the eo's I've purchased from this company.
(Posted on 10/23/2018)
Too young. Review by
Rating
3
This review is based on oil I purchased approximately one year ago (Lot 1), which has sat untouched in proper storage since arrival. As many other reviewers note, this Sandalwood - Plantation Grown has quite an abundance of green, somewhat obtuse and borderline foul top notes. In dilution it takes about a good hour to get through them. Underneath, you do arrive at a nice, creamy/lactonic, almost tropical base (pineapple/peach and Lotus facets) with hints of saline/beach air, but it feels like this oil is going to need some patient maturation before it's wondrous from tip to toe.

I had hoped to be using this sooner than later, but it's a bit tough and fickle to wrangle. Assessed against a sample of recently acquired Sandalwood - Rare (India), this Sandalwood - Plantation Grown pales in comparison. If you're looking for a sandalwood that's immediately ready for pleasure, I would suggest the extra expense.
(Posted on 12/7/2017)
Nose-stalgia Review by
Rating
3
I didn't love this on first smell because it wasn't what I imagined/remembered sandalwoods to be. I've found it to be it's own thing though. Today I just pulled out a many months old diluted sample and was really surprised at how it had bloomed and grown in the FCO. This Sandalwood has a light clean, green smell to it and really has minty, almost Palo Santo notes after a few minutes on the skin before settling down to a soft, dusty, and long powdery dry out. Incredibly tenacious when compared to its initial smell. This doesn't pack an up-front punch, but in a blend it is surprisingly tenacious and active. I'm someone whose body chemistry burns through both Labdanum and Frankincense pretty quickly, but this hangs around on my skin 10-12 hours after application.

Like a couple of other reviewers I too remember the days of flowing rivers of quality Sandalwood. I would gladly pay dearly now for what would have been a $5.00 bottle of cheap Spiritual Sky sandalwood then. Even EB's Sandalwood Rare, as beautiful, deep and sweet as it is, can't compare to what we used to be able to take for granted. Over harvesting is a sad, sad thing and its just as awful to watch the same thing happening to Agarwood. I don't consider the Plantation Grown oil to be a replacement for old-fashioned Santalum Album, but as another tool entirely. I'm sure it will age into something really interesting.
(Posted on 11/13/2017)
Really, Really Disappointed Review by
Rating
1
Smells more like cedarwood than sandalwood. I have tried most of the others. I was very pleased with the sandalwood rare and the others that I have tried, but thought I would save some money on the plantation sandalwood. There is nothing of the sweet warm tones of the other sandalwoods, Very woody. Don't think I will use it at all.

Response from the Oil Room:
Thank you for your observation. The Santalum album oils come from trees grown in different countries – Sandalwood, Rare (India); the organic Sandalwood from Sri Lanka we carried in the past, and this plantation-grown Sandalwood from Australia. Even though they are all the same species, their aromas will differ because of the difference in terroir – climate, soil, altitude, etc. – also whether or not the oil has had a chance to age. And please note that we offer samples for every oil we carry – that is so that one can experience/evaluate the aroma before purchase of a larger amount, especially useful with precious and/or costly oils.

Sandalwood oil is renowned for how beautifully the aroma improves with age. We fully expect our plantation-grown Sandalwood to do exactly that, but still have its own unique Sandalwood aroma. If all of us who love the sublime beauty of true Sandalwood oil can, for a while, make do with the other Sandalwood oils that have come to market, there may one day be supplies of our favorite Sandalwood to enjoy once again. In the meantime, we hope you will come to appreciate your oil as it ages and that you won’t be disappointed in the end.
(Posted on 2/27/2017)
Beautiful scent Review by
Rating
5
I have enjoyed Mysore sandalwood for a few years. I decided to try a sample of the plantation gown sandalwood and I am so pleased. Its hard to tell how great the scent is until you put it on your skin....I am addicted...I love it..When I was in India in 1970 I brought home as much sandalwood as I could ...This is very very close to the Indian scent...I highly recommend trying it...
(Posted on 2/3/2017)
Yes, this is Sandanlwood Review by
Rating
5
I am a sandalwood freak. Back in the early 80s I was able to get a very high end oil from France, but over the years it became more difficult to obtain. I was an early Eden customer and 10 to 15 years ago bought several ounces of Indian oil which was amazing, culminating in one oil that was called Sandalwood Superior. In the ancient days of eBay, I was also able to score several intact apothecary oils that were more than 50 years old. I have smelled a huge number of sandalwood's in the last 10 years, and nothing will ever be the same as these fabulous old oils. This plantation oil is the closest thing that I have found in forever. Yes, of course it needs to age a few years but it is already quite beautiful. It is priced in a very reasonable range in my opinion.
(Posted on 9/30/2016)
must agree with first reviewer.. Review by
Rating
1
I, too, am disappointed and wholeheartedly agree with reviewer #1.. When they said that it may have been harvested too soon, that was my first thought upon smelling straight from the bottle.. Either it was harvested too soon or it may need maturation time, the latter being my sincere hope as I would love for this to become that deeply quintessential sandalwood I imagined upon purchasing..

I have since repurchased my go-to sandalwood extra from EB..
(Posted on 9/27/2016)
Australian Santalum album Review by
Rating
1
I'm over 60 years old and I well remember what real Mysore sandalwood was like. As the real thing became more and more scarce, I continued to purchase "East Indian" sandalwood which usually meant Indonesian santalum album. While it was not the Mysore of renown, it was still quite good. As that now has almost completely disappeared from the market, I turned to first the Australian spicatum and, later on, the Hawaiian paniculatum. For some years now I have been aware of the Australian santalum album endeavor and have anxiously awaited for it to arrive on the market. I must say that I am really quite disappointed, especially after reading the description given by Eden for this product. It has nothing of the buttery, woody top notes of the Indian and, while not bad in drydown, it really lacks the balsamic powdery scent that should be in the oil. Perhaps this 1st harvest is too soon and the trees (and oil) need to be given more time to age but for my nose, this is not anywhere near the oil of yore.
(Posted on 8/27/2016)
Deep and Long lasting Review by
Rating
5
This Sandalwood is a beautiful product... Wow how it lasts. put on in the morning on wrist; went out and worked all day washing several times and it was still there! Only after 12 hours did the scent start to fade and not after 16hrs it still lingers. It smells delicious and would highly recommend. The scent is strong and smooth throughout silage.
(Posted on 8/6/2016)