Santal Noble
Tam Dao
As in, fragrances that actually smell like real sandalwood.
Thoughts?
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Santal Noble
Tam Dao
Mike Perez was kind enough to send me a sample of Crabtree and Evelyn's vintage release ( Mysore Extract). It's simple but very good and lasts surprisingly long for sandalwood.
I recently acquired a bottle of ERBE Sandalwood and it's like a toned down Villoresi Sandalo. I get a citric-cedar-rosewood-sandalwood accord that's from the rough side of town. It's rugged like the Viloresi.
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IMO Montale Santal de Mysore from the Confidential Collection
you might want to chek the following threads (they're pretty exaustive)
http://www.basenotes.net/threads/282...et-sandalwoods
http://www.basenotes.net/threads/284...d-re-formatted)
I'm wearing pre-Exclusifs Bois des Iles extrait..probably my favorite sandalwood aound. Likely real Indian sandalwood here in the pre-Exclusifs. Also lighter on the aldehydes pre-Exclusifs and in extrait form, which suits me just fine. Creed's Bois de Santal and MPG's Santal Noble (vintage if possible) are nice as well.
Creed Bois de Santal
Villoresi Sandalo
Can certainly vouche for Villoresi's Sandalo! My favorite Sandalwood!
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Ditto MPG Santal Noble. I also like Lutens Santal de Mysore but it doesn't smell so much of sandalwood!
Like Hednic, the closest thing I've smelled is Montale's de Mysore. Unfortunately it's very pricey probably more so than the real thing.
This thread answers all: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/284...d-re-formatted
Thanks to MikeP for putting this together.
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A budget price one that gets little love is Casswell-Massey's version ..Superb !!
Santa Maria novella sandalwood is pretty straightforward...a little astringent at first but nice nonetheless.
I love trumpet sandalwood..but it's not a good representation of sandalwood IMO
Current Top 5:
Tabac, Cardinal, Brookes Brothers, Musc Kublai Khan, Andron
Santa Maria novella sandalwood is pretty straightforward...a little astringent at first but nice nonetheless.
I love trumper sandalwood..but it's not a good representation of sandalwood IMO
Current Top 5:
Tabac, Cardinal, Brookes Brothers, Musc Kublai Khan, Andron
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Current Top 5:
Tabac, Cardinal, Brookes Brothers, Musc Kublai Khan, Andron
Sandlewood by The Art Of Shaving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1
Never too late to try Sandalwood Crabtree & Evelyn
Montale Dark Aoud , a blend of oudh and mysore sandalwood , just wow!
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Caswell & Massey
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Chanel Egoiste
All are terrific sandalwoods. Egoiste has the plushest rendition of the note I've ever encountered, second only to Creed's.
Last edited by socalwoman; 22nd November 2011 at 06:01 PM.
I have probably said this in the other threads but while we're on the subject (one close to my heart), these three are my Mysore Sandalwood favourites:
Santalum Album (La Via del Profumo)
Sandalo Inspiritu (Dawn Spencer Hurwitz)
Santal Attar (Amouage)
Bois des Iles Extrait (Chanel) is nice too - it would seem Chanel have access to Mysore but who really can know? The Crabtree & Evelyn was great in the 80s, a true Sandalwood EDT that delivered a blast of goodness and then stuck around for while, and I think it may well have contained some real Mysore at one point, but it changed, presumably as supplies dried up.
I own Sandalo (Villoresi) & Sandalo (Etro) and have tried Tam Dao (Diptyque) several times but I don't think there's any Santalum Album in them, nice as they are. I suspect the same may be true for the glorious Santal Noble (MPG) but I don't care because whatever is in it is fantastic, altho I am a little nervous that the latest incanation may have snuck in just a bit of screechy cedar or something not altogether wonderful. I haven't tried the de-luxe Montale, vintage Creed, Profumum or one or two others that are often mentioned.
It's just a shame the stuff got over-harvested and we are now running round mopping up the last drops and trying to find a hint of the magic in facsimiles. The Australian and Pacific Islands stuff and Cedarish concoctions that seem to have been pushed into service don't do it for me. I'm not a chemist so I don't know how the Santalool (?) and other synthetic versions work or how true they may be to the real thing - one day, maybe.
My two bobs worth - we live in hope![]()
There are many references to the reformulation of MPG Santal Noble - which are the good ones and how can you tell? ( bottle type etc )
Extract of Mysore Sandalwood by Crabtree & Evelyn (vintage juice) is what you're looking for. Since this is discontinued then try to get a hold of some of the Montale oil Futami mentioned above. It is the real deal.
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