Sandalwood
Sandalwood smells creamy, smooth, and quietly radiant: warm wood, warm milk, soft spice, and a faint sacred dryness, as if polished by skin. It does not shout. Instead it spreads a calm, velvety texture through a perfume, making florals more intimate and spices more refined. Sandalwood appears in woody perfumes, soft orientals, milky skin scents, incense blends, and many floral compositions that need a silky base. Depending on style, it can feel austere and meditative or buttery and sensual. The note defines the refined softness of Guerlain Samsara and the elegant woody creaminess of Diptyque Tam Dao, where sandalwood seems to glow from inside the grain.
- Amouage — Guidance
- Laurent Mazzone — Radikal Water Lily
- Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle — Acne Studios
- Ex Nihilo — Bois d Hiver
- Maison Francis Kurkdjian — 724
- Parfums de Marly — Akaster
- Tiziana Terenzi — Afrodite
- Tom Ford — Black Orchid
- Initio Parfums Privés — Oud for Greatness Hair Perfume
- Maison Francis Kurkdjian — 754
- Nishane — Meant To Be Seen
- BDK Parfums — Ambre Safrano
- Juliette Has a Gun — Banana Rush
- Nishane — Nanshe
- BDK Parfums — French Bouquet
- By Kilian — Cruel Intentions
- Maison Margiela — Afternoon Delight
- Memo Paris — Iberian Leather
- Amouage — Dia Woman
- Mancera — Aoud Blue Notes
- Penhaligon's — Halfeti
- Amouage — Epic Man
- Nishane — Tuberoza
- Amouage — Epic Woman