Sandalwood Essential Oil
Sweet, sensual scent great for guys...
plus it's a skincare superhero!
Sandalwood essential oil has a deep, exotic scent that warms you up, lifts your mood and creates a softly sensual atmosphere.
Enjoy exchanging massages with your partner using a few drops of sandalwood essential oil diluted in a
carrier oil.
Sandalwood incense is very popular and can help promote calm and focus during meditation.
In addition to its grounding, de-stressing effect on the emotions, sandalwood is also excellent for nourishing dry, sensitive skin
and helping heal eczema, scars and stretch marks. It's a good oil for anti-aging formulas.
Aromatherapists often use sandalwood to help relieve bronchitis and laryngitis.
Gargle with one drop of sandalwood oil mixed into a cup of water.
The better quality (and of course more expensive) sandalwood essential oil traditionally comes from India,
but unfortunately it's being over-harvested and is in danger of becoming extinct.
A less expensive, less prized sandalwood oil is produced in Australia. It has a less intense scent, but it's a more eco-friendly choice.
Botanical Name and Characteristics
Santalum album (India) or Santalum spicatum (Australia)
Sandalwood is a parasitic evergreen tree that burrows its roots into other trees. It can grow up to 30 feet ( 9 meters) tall.
The essential oil is steam distilled from the wood.
Sweet but subtle, rich, exotic, woody scent that lingers nicely.
Therapeutic Action
- lifts mood; antidepressant
- calms nerves, reduces stress
- brings out feelings and encourages communication
- aphrodisiac
- promotes good sleep
- good for meditation
- relieves pain by reducing inflammation
- helps relieve bronchitis and laryngitis
- heals and moisturizes chapped, dry, sensitive skin and balances oil production in oily, acne-prone skin;
also good for eczema
- helps reduce scarring and stretch marks
- fixative for fragrances
- disinfectant
Blending
Sandalwood's medium-strength base note blends well with most oils including benzoin, bergamot,
clary sage, clove, coriander, cypress, frankincense, geranium, jasmine, lavender, palmarosa, patchouli, pepper, rose, vanilla, vetiver and ylang ylang.
Cautions
No known cautions.
Buy Sandalwood Essential Oil
Click here to buy sandalwood essential oil
from Mountain Rose Herbs (scroll down the page; they're in alphabetical order.)
I always recommend Mountain Rose first because I like and trust them.
Their quality is excellent, their prices are good, and many of their essential oils are organic (and all of them are therapeutic grade.)
Or you could
shop for sandalwood oil
at Amazon. They have a number of different brands available at a variety of prices. (Just remember, you get what you pay for.) Happy hunting!
Buyer Beware: Sandalwood is a very expensive oil, so if the price seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Don't be fooled by the label - if it says "fragrance oil" it's synthetic, and not sandalwood at all.
Also be aware that many lower priced options are actually the essential oil diluted in a carrier oil.
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