Best sandalwood fragrances, bar none

[Grottola]

As in, fragrances that actually smell like real sandalwood.

Thoughts?

[Jack Hunter]

Santal Noble
Tam Dao

[AromiErotici]

As in, fragrances that actually smell like real sandalwood.

Thoughts?

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.

[Grottola]

erbe

erbe?

[hednic]

IMO Montale Santal de Mysore from the Confidential Collection

[alfarom]

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)

[bhanny]

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.

[AZsmells]

Creed Bois de Santal
Villoresi Sandalo

[telecaster]

Can certainly vouche for Villoresi's Sandalo! My favorite Sandalwood!

[Dorian Gray]

Ditto MPG Santal Noble. I also like Lutens Santal de Mysore but it doesn't smell so much of sandalwood!

[Futami]

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.

[Jazznpool]

Creed Bois de Santal
Villoresi Sandalo

+1 on Creed BdS.

Martin

[SlimPickins]

This thread answers all: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/284...d-re-formatted

Thanks to MikeP for putting this together.

-Slim

[kbe]

Eau de Patou pour Homme tonight

[Grottola]

Eau de Patou pour Homme tonight

Er... wrong thread, my man

[Dimitrios]

A budget price one that gets little love is Casswell-Massey's version ..Superb !!

[thebeck]

IMO Montale Santal de Mysore from the Confidential Collection

Yes, simply a standout in this category.

[jdnba]

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

[jdnba]

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

[jdnba]

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[Zerby]

Sandlewood by The Art Of Shaving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1

[Ken_Russell]

Never too late to try Sandalwood Crabtree & Evelyn

[jdnba]

Sandlewood by The Art Of Shaving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1

I use the shavin cream and used to own the frag...I really like it but I find the frag has what appears to be a pine note that is loud.

[Vinrambo09]

Montale Dark Aoud , a blend of oudh and mysore sandalwood , just wow!

[Grottola]

...I find the frag has what appears to be a pine note that is loud.

Yes, I agree.

[MOONB]

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.

[mr. reasonable]

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

[Dorian Gray]

There are many references to the reformulation of MPG Santal Noble - which are the good ones and how can you tell? ( bottle type etc )

[mikeperez23]

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.

[mikeperez23]

There are many references to the reformulation of MPG Santal Noble - which are the good ones and how can you tell? ( bottle type etc )

Old vintage botttle: http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...bucket/323.jpg
New bottle: http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...quie-Small.jpg