Sandalwood
Santalum spicatum · essential oil · 0.4% within the 2.0% blend
The warm, woody end of the blend. Australian sandalwood, named by species on the label.
§ 1 · What it is
Steam-distilled from heartwood. This is Santalum spicatum, the Australian sandalwood: drier and quieter than the Indian album the perfume trade made famous. With sandalwood the species is not a detail.
In the blend it is the low, warm note that arrives last and leaves last: the part of the scent that reads as finish rather than fragrance.
§ 2 · What the number means
0.4%. Each essential oil in this formula runs at the same modest share inside the 2.0% blend. At that dose sandalwood seasons the oil; it does not perfume the man.
Essential oils are the seasoning, not the meal. A formula that leads with them is a fragrance wearing skincare's clothes.
§ 3 · What it does
Warm, dry, woody, and low by design. Present when your hands pass your face, absent across a table.
0.4% of the formula. Enough to be the finish; never enough to be the point.
Spicatum, printed on the label. Not album, which is a different tree with a different history.
Everything in §3 is sensory or compositional. None of it is a medical claim: none may be made, and none is needed.
§ 4 · What it does not do
Does not project.
Does not follow you into meetings.
Does not make the oil sacred.
Is not incense, a mood, or a therapy.
A good smell at an honest dose. Anything more would be a sermon.
§ 5 · Where it comes from
Santalum spicatum grows in Western Australia and is harvested under quota.
[ Distiller and certificate of analysis pending. Until they are on file, the species and the country are the only provenance printed. ]
§ 6 · Words on other bottles
One entry per sheet. The convention is the target; no brand is named, and none needs to be.
“Sustainably sourced”
There is no standard behind the phrase and no test to fail. Ask instead for the species and the country. With sandalwood that is where the ethics live, which is why both are on this label.