How would you describe smell of hawaiian sandalwood (Santalum paniculatum).
For me it smells spicy? Like some kind of incense.
For me it smells spicy? Like some kind of incense.
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Hawaiian Sandalwood smell
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Send it my way and I'll let you know 
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Hey! That isn't even funny. Teasing everyone like that.
Sandalwood is used commercially for its smell so many of us have smelled it without maybe knowing what we were smelling.
Sandalwood is used commercially for its smell so many of us have smelled it without maybe knowing what we were smelling.
Don't know, have not made it to Hawaii yet. Assume just another dream that will die with me.
I sold some`Ili`ahi here with a trade name in the perfume industry as Royal Hawaiian sandalwood. I am afraid spicy is a negative smell- to me it has 4 notes that is earthy, woody, floral hint with a sweetness of honey. You shouldn’t have to do this for this sandalwood species-usually the Indian variety you would, by heating it to get the fragrance to be released. You have to start low heat and move into high heat to yield results. It is used as an ingredient in perfumes.
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My nose is not the most sensitive after many years of working in a chemistry lab. However, my partner confirmed the unique fragrance mix you mentioned.
This is the genuine IIiahi that I recently bought from Gilmer, talked with Ian and apparently they got it from decades old private collection.
Didn’t know it’s that rare.
This is the genuine IIiahi that I recently bought from Gilmer, talked with Ian and apparently they got it from decades old private collection.
Didn’t know it’s that rare.
My favorite parfum that captures the essence of sandalwood presence (softer in contrast with Indian version) is Le Labo Santal 33. The 33 denotes the number of ingredients that went into the parfum. I don’t want to expand further and him get `wind‘ as Li’l Mikey @Mike Hill might buy up the whole inventory here in NYC so he can shower himself with it before he process his woods- scratch that he just leave them be in their boxes stacked somewhere in his o#!c?.
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Nope, I gots patchouli and a whole bunches of evergreen oils I got from overseas.
You a patchouli kind of fella? I don’t know how I feel about that ingredient as it herbal and semi-spicy. I have not smell a variation where the perfumers were able to tame the strength of patchouli. But, the other day I was at the Brooklyn promenade and I could not find what flower it was coming off from, but in essence this flower is what Brazilian rosewood smells like. A mix of sandalwood and Brazilian rosewood would be an interesting parfum ingredient together.
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Patchouli to make me blend into the hippies, and the evergreen to smell like an old baseball bat handle. Lil Mikey don't have much to aspire to!
If it makes you feel any better, the wife and I planned our honeymoon in Hawaii - 15 days across 3 islands - but we rescheduled 3 times and eventually canceled due to covid. Now we have a 2yo and 3 week old, so it's gonna be 20+ years before we get a chance to go again. We even tried to just do a mini-moon in shenandoah national park, but i ended up getting food poisoning the first night there and spent the whole trip in the bathroom. Don't ever go in on a powerball ticket with me; I'm bad luck lol
Had planned the second big trip with our young daughter to Hawaii. First was DisneyLand. I really wanted to see all the different colors of sand - among other things. Somebody told my wife that they did not have antique stores in Hawaii and that plan was cawbashed. And cannot even mention it. 35 years later, our daughter decided she wanted to go and did - right before the LaHaina fires. Oh, we went to Europe instead of Hawaii - so I'm not crying about it!
Awesome piece, Jarek! If you ever want to experience what the Chinese-American fleets pillaged from Hawaii, check out Santalum freycenetianum (picture is a log I own). Smells far better than S. paniculatum and S. album, and is a close second to Fijian (S. yasi) sandalwood.
Pro tip: Heat the S. paniculatum to 80°F, and the aroma comes out incredible. Don't need to burn it, just place something hot on the top where the oily heartwood is. I'liahi is a marvel.
P.S. - Ignore the S. ellipticum & 6"....I splurged and found it to be S. freycetianum via old friends at FPL, along with considerable help from colleagues at The University of Hawaii system.
Pro tip: Heat the S. paniculatum to 80°F, and the aroma comes out incredible. Don't need to burn it, just place something hot on the top where the oily heartwood is. I'liahi is a marvel.
P.S. - Ignore the S. ellipticum & 6"....I splurged and found it to be S. freycetianum via old friends at FPL, along with considerable help from colleagues at The University of Hawaii system.
@davisu what do you mean by the text above in bold? I just got a pen blank of santalum elipticum from Griffin. Is the ID incorrect?