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Sandalwood Kupang Essential Oil (2 AND A HALF YEARS AGED)
Adam Michael has this to say “For me this Sandalwood Kupang essential oil experience is like delving into the private quarters of another’s soul. Beyond exterior you find the real connection with another, that’s where the good stuff awaits you, and this sandalwood is no different.
Yes, it doesn’t say made in India on the bottle, it doesn’t boast an insane total santalols content (64.5%), it isn’t aged, nor blessed by Gandi or Ganesh, but it is a glorious experience to behold. Aromatically applied to the strip, what we have here is indeed Santalum.album, but it comes to the table with its own personality, it’s not trying to be something it isn’t and it provides us with a unique and enjoyable take on S.album that I am convinced can be put to great use by all perfumers and everyone in between.
The very early opening notes have this Southeast Asian vibe stamped all over them, exuding lots of black peppered spices, creamy nutty qualities, sweetened rice aspects and even traces of White Oud (which for the record is a marketing term used for Aetoxylon sympetalum). In the early stages this aroma also puts out some big agrestic plumes comparable to freshly mown hay combined with flouve and some trace tobacco tonalities. As for the creamy buttery sandalwood character, it is here and its both gorgeous and different as it is embedded within a jungle spectrum of raw woods, musty foliage and dirty-animalic qualities.
If you directly compare with legends such as sandalwood musk 1960, sandalwood 1936 E.O and sandalwood India gold then yes sandalwood Kupang isn’t as polished and perfect. But there is something so captivating here within the imperfections.
This Sandalwood Kupang essential oil is a workhorse base note, still in good shape after 4 days on the strip, yellow in colour to orangey-red subject to weight and as for uses, a must for adding a twist to sandalwood accords, adds value within rose creations of an oriental nature and thus working wonderfully within tobacco-rose creations, is a marriage made in heaven with Chinese sambac abs and is really complimentary when used alongside civet abs (either), castoreum abs, deermusk, wool musk, Hyraceum tincture, patchoulis and young opoponax productions. No doubt with more experimenting this sandalwood, like S.album aromatics generally will pair well with many more naturals. Highly recommended and whilst no one can say forever-ever regarding the supply of natural aromatics, I can type I have very good stocks on hand and should have long term access to a regular-ish supply.”
Botanical Name: Santalum album
Origin: Indonesia (direct from producer)
Alcohol Soluble: Yes
Oil Soluble: Yes
Wholesale weights (all prices excluding vat): 50G = 180 Euros. 100G = 350 Euros. 250G = 800 Euros. 1 Kilo = 3100 Euros.
Aromatic Produced: December 2021
3 reviews for Sandalwood Kupang Essential Oil (2 AND A HALF YEARS AGED)
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
A truly amazing sandalwood that really has a unique character and from my perspective is very hard to find such a gem so easily ..i can’t stop sniffing it from the bottle and each time i find that i get different scent profile or character that makes it a piece of art..imagine entering an antique book shop in China hidden in a secret street that only from the smell in the environment you detect the spirit of all the knowledge those books are calling you.. Deer musk grains infused in sandalwood for ages,the cover of old books in a museum.Animalic .The DNA of rare knowledge that oils like this expand our conciousness in to different dimensions..this is what i get!!wow.
Wilco L (verified owner) –
It is a nice oil, I do like it because it has an edge and it’s a little different from the other ones I have tried. It’s a little like smelling vetiver and sandalwood combined in the beginning, then it moves into familiar warm sandalwood territory. Still, there is something vegetative about it even then which I think will work well with unexpected top notes. For some reason yuzu comes to mind, which I would normally not have thought of. Will have to buy it sometime 🙂 To sum up, not fresh and creamy from the start but more earthy to my nose and retains a sort of edge where other oils mellow into warm creaminess this is more earth & soil but in a lovely way, like vetiver.
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
Sandalwood in general is an ‘Introvert’ essence, but this is an introvert that has lost all its restricted manners, released all his bottled-up emotions and gone partying!
Way more fragrantly forward than any other Sandalwoods (maybe beside some Hawaiian, but also more elegantly together than those):
savoury, tart, pulpy, earthy-musky, piquant, edgy, vigorous, engaging, even racy!
What an excitement and captivation! Echoing what others say – can’t stop sniffing it from the wrist – as the mind tries instinctively to analyse and categorize it – vain – as he is a dancing monk that slightly gone mad and indulges himself in all the forbidden excesses (wild in his monk mind – this is still Sandalwood). Where the ‘usual’ Sandalwoods will put in an airy sedation, this one will arouse you lightly and sharpen your senses.
Smile, it’s Ku-paaaang!!