RisingPhoenix
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No no...to soon for a 80 gr commitment! LoL
That’d be like getting married to it!
This is an arranged marriage everyone would be envious of!
No no...to soon for a 80 gr commitment! LoL
That’d be like getting married to it!
O gosh! 4 TIMES is equal to 320 grams.No no...to soon for a 80 gr commitment! LoL
That’d be like getting married to it!
Can anyone explain the relationship between santalol content and scent? is it simply the higher santalol content the better the scent?
Oh right thanks, so basically you could have a sandalwood with less santalol then another but have a much more superior scent?
Just a technical query: When we read, say one oil has 89% santalol, does it include z-alpha santalol, santalol isomer, etc.? If so what are the compounds included in that santalol percentage?
Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation, Joseph.For reference, let's look at a batch of the stuff being sold as "Indian Sandalwood" or "Mysore" - but really it's the plantation album from Australia. This is why we all have to be really careful when buying things online… Lots of companies are now buying this material from Australia but are selling it as genuine Indian sandalwood. Sometimes you'll see on a label listed as Indian or Mysore, but the fine print says "product of Australia". Sometimes they don't even bother listing the countrybof origin on the bottle. Can be difficult to navigate the half truths.
Take a look at the molecules that end in Santalol below. The total of these Santal Alcohols adds up only to 77.48% of the oil. By the classical standards of Grade A Indian sourced (which would be 90% minimum) - this is a C or D Grade oil with less than 80% Total Santalols.
Even if you add up the Santalenes and the Curcumen (as some do) - the total comes only to 79.21%
If you add in the Nuciferol (as some do) only then does the "Total Santalol" hop over 80% to 80.81%. But that's how some companies fudge the "Total" total.
At best - this Australian Album is a B or C Grade oil by conventional standards. By their new standards, if they add up everything the way that we just did here and get over 80%, they may call that an A Grade oil. The way that they nomenclate these things can be misleading, as A Grade standards vary from species to species and country and region.
This oil, btw - smells like Buttery popcorn - emphasis on the popcorn and not the butter.
To a newbie, this will likely smell like a good oil. To someone like you and me who knows what the old stuff smells like… This will smell like popcorn and you might not be happy with it.
Hope that helps to clarify
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Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation, Joseph.
Can you please explain a little bit - i.e., the distinguishing factors after oxidation, and what else to look for.I can recognize synthetics in Sandalwood oil by placing a couple drops in an open container or plate, then letting it dry and oxidize for a few weeks. That's when the truth comes out
As for viscosity, I don't think that it is the primary indicator of a good oil/ authentic Mysore oil.
Since I tried very many sandalwood oils, I came across some that weren't pure. Hmmmmmm, now what are the chances of that happening, especially to a newbie
I noticed that after some time, when I sniff the caps, and the seepage around the screw threads, I start to smell the synthetics. The pure oils never smell that way.
So by placing a couple drops on a plate, then spread it a bit, it will accelerate the oxidation. From that point pure oils will have the proper oxidation note, but the synthetics will still be strong with the fake sandalwood aroma.
Update on the Ali Bros. oil:
"Testing for Synthetics " result:
The drop of oil that I set aside to oxidize, has been exposed to oxygen for over two weeks now. I applied it on my skin, and sniffed away
I detect no synthetics.
Even after some cross-referencing with my other oils, still, it passes the test
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When you swipe a sandalwoody ambergris instead of an ambery sandalwood.
The sandalwood by itself would make you think you just swiped a sandal/frankincense co-distillation and maybe the most unique sandal I ever smelt.
Anyway, as beautiful as it is, its role stands to carry the most decadent animalicious east Somalian brown ambergris.
Classy, solid, sexy and coming soon ...
This is very exciting!!!
I'm swimming too much of it lol !
Would you like to be warned when it's released ?