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Re: Aqua Oleum Mysore Sandalwood

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Hi. I just bought some Mysore Sandalwood from Aqua Oleum. I don't have the greatest amount of experience with Mysore Sandalwood, and am still a bit of a noob, so I was hoping some others might be able to comment on the Aqua Oleum stuff. It smells like it's about right to me (I had a sample of Mysore Sandalwood from profumo.it recently, so I've got that as a point of comparison), and there's certainly a big difference between it and Aqua Oleum's New Caledonian Sandalwood, which I also bought recently, but at the moment I'm not able to tell much more than that. Could you folks let me know any thoughts you might have? Cheers.
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I am soon going to buy their Bourbon Vetiver Oil which has ardent fans on the board. I was also considering getting a small sample of their Mysore Sandalwood Oil. Can you perhaps compare the oil to any sandalwood fragrance that you have tried/owned?
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I am soon going to buy their Bourbon Vetiver Oil which has ardent fans on the board. I was also considering getting a small sample of their Mysore Sandalwood Oil. Can you perhaps compare the oil to any sandalwood fragrance that you have tried/owned?

The sandalwood fragrance I have that it seems most comparable to is the profumo.it Mysore Sandalwood. Having compared the two, I think (and I could easily be wrong about this, since as I said I'm a bit of a noob and don't have the greatest amount of experience with Mysore sandalwood) that the Aqua Oleum stuff is legitimate Mysore, but not of as high a quality as the profumo.it. This may possibly be due to not being as aged (I think I read somewhere on BN that the profumo.it stuff is something like 15 years old, though don't quote me). The differences between the two may also be partly due to the dilution of the profumo.it product (I think it's roughly EDC concentration), which I was trying to compare with the pure oil from Aqua Oleum, so I wasn't comparing like with like. These tentative thoughts are as much as I'm able to offer in answer to your question, but I hope that's helpful anyway. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the Aqua Oleum oil if/when you get your hands on it.
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Where did you buy the Aqua Oleum?
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Where did you buy the Aqua Oleum?

http://www.aqua-oleum.co.uk/
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