Archive Sandlewood
Base note · Woody
Sandlewood.
Soft, creamy wood that sits close and stays.
Our read on the material, not a measurement.
What it smells like.
Sandalwood is wood without dryness: soft, creamy, faintly milky, with a warmth that sits right against the skin. It is one of the few base notes that people describe as comforting rather than serious, and it almost never offends anyone.
It is the great smoother. Under tuberose or jasmine it takes the shrillness out of a big white floral; under iris it adds warmth to something austere. Its one limitation is projection. Sandalwood stays close, so if you want a blend people notice across a room, pair it with something louder.
In a blend.
The gentlest wood here. Sandalwood makes a blend feel smooth and skin-like, and it flatters heavy florals better than any other base.
Woody. Warm, grounded scents built around woods, resins and depth.
Pairs beautifully with.
The 14 scents built with it.
Blend with sandlewood.
Pick it at the bench, choose up to four notes per tier, and we blend it by hand in Adelaide.
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