Sandalwood Essential Oil
Santalum album
Sandalwood is steam distilled from the wood of Santalum album. Our batches have come from Australia and Indonesia, both organically grown and wildcrafted material.
The chemistry is unusually simple to read. Sesquiterpenols make up around 77% of the oil, and the santalols lead the way. (Z)-alpha-santalol averages about 32% across our batches, with (Z)-beta-santalol typically 12-19%. Those santalols are the components sandalwood is loved for. They are calming and grounding, and they have long been part of quiet, meditative practice. Sandalwood is also a gentle choice in skin care, and it can support restful sleep. Its aroma is sweet, woodsy, and balsamic, a true base note.
Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and the full report for each one lives right here on this page.
Batch History & Chemistry
| Batch | Distilled | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| SAN-112 | 06/02/2026 | Australia |
| SAN-111 | 11/10/2023 | Australia |
| SAN-110 | 02/08/2022 | Australia |
| SAN-109 | 09/15/2020 | Australia |
| SAN-108 | 06/27/2019 | Australia |
- Distillation date
- 06/02/2026
- Extraction
- Steam Distilled
- Cultivation
- Organically Grown
- Country of origin
- Australia
Top 5 components
of 50 measured
Batch SAN-112 comes from organically grown Santalum album in Australia, steam distilled from the heartwood in June 2026. The aroma is exactly what you hope for in a true album sandalwood: soft, creamy, and quietly woody, with a sweet warmth that lingers on the skin for hours. This specific lot was independently GC-MS tested, and the full chromatogram and certificate of analysis are available to download here. Sandalwood is one of the most frequently imitated oils in the world, so we publish the numbers and let the chemistry speak for itself.
Chemistry highlights
GC-MS analysis of this batch identified 50 components, led by (E)-alpha-santalol at 41.61%, epi-beta-santalol at 18.63%, and (Z,E)-alpha-bergamotol at 6.23%. Sesquiterpenols account for 77.43% of the profile overall, the family associated with grounding, meditative qualities and gentle, skin-friendly blending, with a small sesquiterpene fraction at 6.12% rounding out the base notes. The hydrocarbon precursors are all accounted for underneath: α-santalene (1.38%), β-santalene (2.05%) and epi-β-santalene (1.35%), plus a 0.04% trace of (Z)-α-santalyl acetate, the acetate of the dominant alcohol. Fifty components in total, with a long tail of more than twenty rows below 0.1%.