Ingredient glossary / Fragrance
Sandalwood oil
On the label: Santalum Album Oil · Fragrance
What it is
Essential oil from the heartwood of the Indian sandalwood tree, now mostly plantation-grown in Australia; a base note in beard oils and perfumes.
Fragrances: Fragrance ingredients give a product its scent, from a single essential oil to a blend listed only as 'fragrance' or 'parfum'.
Wikidata: Oil derived from Santalum album or Santulum spicatum. Q675299 →
In the research
46 PubMed papers mention it with skin, cosmetics or hair; the three most recent:
- Therapeutic potential of α-santalol: Sources, mechanisms, and anti-tumor prospects · Fitoterapia, 2025
- Growth Performance of Sandalwood (Santalum album) Plant in Western Nepal · TheScientificWorldJournal, 2025
- 3D printed sodium Alginate-Gelatin hydrogel loaded with Santalum album oil as an antibacterial Full-Thickness wound healing and scar reduction Scaffold: In vitro and in vivo study · International journal of pharmaceutics, 2025
A paper is a paper, not a verdict: titles are listed so you can read them, and a study on cells or mice says little about a cream on a face.
Other fragrances
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