Huile essentielle de bois de santal de Nouvelle-Calédonie
Ingredients · Woods · dry-down
New Caledonian sandalwood oil
Say itNew kal-uh-DOH-nee-un sandalwood oil
Smooth, creamy sandalwood close to Indian oil, lightly sweet and resinous.
- What it is
- Natural oil from heartwood of Santalum austrocaledonicum.
- Where it comes from
- New Caledonia and Vanuatu
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Premium, traceable alternative to Indian sandalwood for creamy woody bases and soft floral-woody accords.
- Worth knowing
- A 19th-century sandalwood rush stripped many Pacific islands of their trees within a few decades.
- Also called
- Santalum austrocaledonicum; Vanuatu sandalwood
Named by the house, not on the label, in 9
Bleu de ChanelChanel · “New Caledonian sandalwood”
Replica Afternoon DelightMaison Margiela · “Heart of New Caledonia sandalwood”
Vendetta DonnaValentino · “Sandalwood from New Caledonia”
L'Interdit RougeGivenchy · “Sandalwood Essence from New Caledonia”
Bitter PeachTom Ford · “Sandalwood Oil, New Calendonia”
Angel ElixirMugler · “Sandalwood from New Caledonia”
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