Sandalwood Essential Oil — Santalum album — Nepal — 2025

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A Nepalese white sandalwood oil produced by steam distillation from trees cultivated in the country. It is also the base for our Spanish saffron macerated in Nepalese sandalwood.

＋ 01 — Origin and botany

Santalum album L., white sandalwood, is a tree in the Santalaceae family. It is native to Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, northern Australia and the Philippines, and has been cultivated for centuries in South Asia; in Nepal it is an introduced species.

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

＋ 02 — Extraction and production

The wood is powdered and steam-distilled. The combined presence of α- and β-santalol is the chemical signature of S. album.

Sandalwood is frequently adulterated: a 2021 study found that none of six commercial oils sold as sandalwood met the international standard, and several were amyris or synthetic products.

＋ 03 — Uses in perfumery

Attars and macerations: a traditional base for flowers, saffron and spices.
Woody bases: fixation and softness.
Rose and oud: included in our set with CO₂-extracted oud and Damask rose.

＋ Bibliography

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.

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