Coming Soon | Sandalwood Essential Oil – Santalum album Indonesia | High-Pressure Distillation

Santalum album L., the white sandalwood, is a tree of the Santalaceae family native to Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Philippines, and northern Australia. In Indonesia, it grows within its natural range.

The aromatic material is found in the heartwood, the inner wood of the trunk and roots, which becomes enriched in oil as the tree ages.

The wood is distilled via high-pressure steam, a more intense process than its low-pressure counterpart. The components that define the scent of sandalwood are α- and β-santalol.

The pure oil. Indonesian sandalwood is characterized by a creamy, warm, and woody profile; this version allows for the study of the effect of a more intense distillation on its texture, aromatic weight, and persistence.

• Woody bases: smoothness, creaminess, and persistence.
• Study: compared to our low-pressure distillation of the same wood, in terms of texture, weight, and persistence.

• Plants of the World Online — Santalum album L. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Kucharska, M. et al. (2021). A Comparison of the Composition of Selected Commercial Sandalwood Oils with the International Standard. Molecules 26: 2249.