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SANTALUM CITRINUM

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Material type
natural essential oil
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
woodyorientalsandalwood-accordchypreamber
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
floralwoodybalsamicspicysweetfreshcinnamiccamphoraceousrose

A softer, lighter sandalwood-type oil from Santalum citrinum (a lesser-known sandalwood species). Creamy and mildly milky with a pale woody warmth, less rich and buttery than Mysore santalum album but recognisably sandalwood in character with a subtle dry-balsamic undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
4 / 10
Tenacity
7 / 10
Volatility
3 / 10
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naturals · No. 374

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 355.

tenacity · highdistillation
sweetwoodybalsamic
Appearance

Very pale yellow or almost colorless, viscous liquid

Odor

Pleasant sweet-woody odor, reminiscent of sandalwood

Uses in perfumery

Mainly find application in high-class lotion perfumes, face-powder perfumes

Production

Distilled in Grasse, France

Identity
Aliases · 4
Attar EkangiHedychium SpicatumSantalum AlbumSantalum Citrinum Oil
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