close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
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sandalwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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But then there's taut cherry and a leathery edge, accented by pretty sandalwood.
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Now, he's going into bat for Australian sandalwood exports to the subcontinent.
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Rich, swoon-evoking, fruit-cedar-sandalwood nose, with some nutmeg and chocolate.
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The top notes include peony, the heart rose and osmanthus, and base sandalwood.
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Classic graphite, sandalwood, green olive and racy, vivacious cherry and plum.
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Infused with jasmine, rose, sandalwood and vanilla, in that whisky-style decanter.
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Sandalwood, vanilla and cedar come out when it's dry, providing earthy warmth.
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While begging for alms, he was recognized and burned in a huge pyre of sandalwood.
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Try scents such as chocolate fudge, sugar cookie, ginger, sandalwood or rose.
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- Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
- Sandalwood is the name of a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades. Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for use. Both the wood and the oil produce a distinctive fragrance that has been highly valued for centuries...
- Kannada cinema, colloquially referred to as Chandanavana or the Sandalwood, is a part of Indian cinema, where motion pictures are produced in the Kannada language. As of 2013, the Kannada film industry based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, produces more than 100 films each year...
- Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native to India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands; The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes
- An oil extracted from the heartwood of the Sandal tree, originally found in India. One of the oldest known perfumery ingredients, the powdered wood is also used to make incense.
- The pulverized wood of an East Indian tree used primarily to color food dark red.
- This wood, much used as a dye, is not the Santalum yasi, but the Pterocarpus santalunis, and grows in India and Ceylon. The close grained heart wood is a dark red in colour.
- Rare and precious perfume where the essential oil develops in the roots and heartwood of the tree, which requires at least 15 to 20 years.
- Fascinating Oriental fragrance, the sandalwood awakens the senses. It was formerly recommended to treat spotty skin and to disinfect wounds.
