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Kupang Santal
This gorgeous sandalwood is a 2019 co-distillation of the heartwood and roots of old, wild Santalum Album trees from Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara island in Indonesia.
With a sweet, buttery, spicy, creamy, slightly lactonic and dry-woody profile, it’s reminiscent in many ways of an excellent Mysore, and yet with a more intense character and spicy/woody richness that is simply beautiful. Perfect for when a prominent sandalwood note is desired, and, overall, an exquisite distillation that I’m proud to be able to offer you.
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Just like Ceylon Red, this is a wild Sri Lankan santal that has aged beautifully since it was distilled in 2021. Very much unlike CR, however, Ceylon Silk replaces those deep gourmand woody hues with a gorgeously airy and smooth butteriness throughout its olfactory journey.
Testing on the skin, its initial sharp green piney top notes after distillation have almost completely disappeared, with the oil now a lot more smooth and rounded from start to finish.
It opens up with a beautifully rich butteriness that's delicate and airy, and yet so very buttery at the same time. To me, it's quite reminiscent of Mysore's famed sandalwoods, minus the lime opening that typify oils from that region.
As the scent progresses, you might also pick up on a hint of powdery nuttiness or earthiness, especially in the later stages. This powdery earthiness is not the soily facet found in vetiver, but a much more light and airy note that reminds me of Mitti attar's delicate nuttiness.
Overall, this is a fantastic sandalwood oil that I'd very highly recommend if you're looking for a light, clean, and yet beautifully rich and buttery sandalwood oil to wear neat. I think it would also work fantastically well in almost any attar or perfume blend, providing an incredibly smooth base without overwhelming the rest of the composition.
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Distilled from wild santal roots in 2021, Santal Ceylon Red is a gorgeous Sri Lankan sandalwood oil oozing with notes of gourmand red woodiness throughout.
Unlike many other Sri Lankan santals which open with sharp piney-camphoric top notes - which I also adore - this oil is all about deeply rich base woods from the get-go.
Opening with freshly sawn woods alongside perhaps a slightly lactonic touch, it soon begins to transform into a sweet honeyed profile that reminds me of powdered almonds and tonka bean’s coumarinic marzipan-like goodness.
This golden-hued coumarin-like sweetness balances out a base of freshly sawn, almost dark red woods throughout the oil's journey, with some creaminess, and perhaps even a slightly musky animalic warmth deep down in its layers adding to its beautiful complexity and depth.
Overall, with its rich woody character and gorgeous sweetness, this makes for an exceptional sandalwood oil to wear neat. I also think it would work fantastically in blends and macerations, especially where musk or civet is used or where a strong woody character is desired.
Patchouli, India
Botanical Name: Pogostemon cablin
Origin: India, 2022
Process: Iron-Distilled Essential Oil, Dark
Note: Base
Perfumery: Excellent fixative
This is a gorgeous iron-distilled Indian patchouli oil bursting with its characteristically sweet, warm, rich, herbaceous, spicy, minty, woody, and earthy profile that makes it so valuable in natural perfumery and perfumery at large.
Comparing this Indian distillation to the more common Indonesian one, I personally prefer the Indian variety due to its deeper and richer profile that feels more earthy, chocolaty, and almost caramel-like in its sweetness, compared with its more herbaceous, minty and fruity Indonesian counterpart that feels lighter and more top-note heavy.
An incredibly versatile oil due to its outstandingly beautiful and complex profile, patchouli is a great fixative that can find use in almost all accords, from earthy, green and forest-type blends to spicy orientals, florals, and woods. It also improves with ageing if stored correctly, and should become smoother, rounder and fuller in profile with time.
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Comparable in profile to the Madagascan variety, yet sweeter and lighter, this low-temp Javan distillation opens with a gorgeously sweet earthiness that's simply a joy to behold.
While not quite out-and-out floral or vanillic, it carries wonderful hints of those facets, intertwined together with earthy, woody and lightly smoky notes that all combine to create an incredibly beautiful and balanced opening.
As the scent progresses, it gradually becomes more tobacco-like, with dry-earthy, smoky, and astringent nuances - akin to red tea - as the sweetness recedes and its darker facets come to the fore - lasting for many hours with typical tenacity.
Overall, this is an incredibly complex oil that can be worn alone or used in blends, and a great example of just how beautiful vetiver can be.
Delcan –
Great scent from this bottle of Kupang sandalwood. I decided I liked the look of this so much, I bought 4 X 3mls bottles. I was not disappointed. Beautiful oil for future musk macerations. Muhammad puts great effort into his service and the packaging is very secure and quite beautifully packaged. Arrived very quick and have since bought again from the brother… Also Muhammad is generous with his samples. So very thoughtful. Jazaka Allahu khayran ya Muhammad..
Les –
Lesley –
This is a strong smelling Sandlewood which lasts.
Saren –
Exquisite quality sandalwood. Muhammad went out his way to provide some additional samples due to some late shipping from the courier. nnCannot thank him enough for his customer care and sticking to his word. Definitely recommend his products due to quality and the brilliant customer service he provides.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
High quality sandal, a stronger version compare to Mysore sandal. Dry, woody and sweet, smells more close to high quality sandalwood incense chips.
Elise –
Deep and lovely, perfect for my husband. I love natural smells, all commercial scents and fragrances smell the same to me, so it’s wonderful to come across something that’s complex and with a beautifully slow reveal, and yet authentic and natural. This is not like the Hawaii or Australian Sandalwood, but very much the authentic Sandal that we all love. Also it’s perfect for men.
Jonathan –
love this hard-to-describe sandalwood, quite different from Mysore
Lachlan Neal –
Wild Kupang is currently the most used Sandalwood oil in my collection. A refreshing bright citrus / frankincense top note, which develops into a buttery & resinous Santal base. The quality is superb, many people couldn’t identify this from a top notch Mysore distillation. If you love Sandalwood, I’d confidently recommend you blind buy this, especially for the excellent price.
Lachlan Neal –
High quality Indonesian Santal. Fresh lime / frankincense top notes, develops into a creamy, rosy, spicy Santal woodiness. Long lasting & fulfilling to wear. Perfect for attar blending, but wears great on its own too.