Description
Aroma
The aroma of our Australian Sandalwood essential oil is smooth, fragrant, sweet, earthy and woody.
Pleasant for men, women and children. (More pleasant than traditional Indian Sandalwood oil, Santalum album).
Benefits
A relaxing, grounding and calming essential oil, it also improves mental clarity and stills the mind. It also aids in sleeping and meditation.
Another surprising Sandalwood essential oil benefit is its value as a gentle aphrodisiac.
Australian Sandalwood oil benefits include being prized for its anti-bacterial qualities. Sandalwood oil can also benefit the troubled red skin of teenagers.
Uses
Use this beautiful oil in a diffuser, oil burner, vaporiser, perfume fixative or base, potpourri, in your massage oil or a bath.
Sandalwood oil can also be used in anti ageing skin formulations and skin creams; a small amount applied directly onto teenagers troubled skin to help alleviate redness.
Natural Occurrence in Australia
Australian Sandalwood is widespread throughout Western Australia. Originally harvested in Perth, it is found throughout most of Western Australia from the Pilbara to the south coast of Western Australia, into South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula and Flinders Ranges. There are also reports of it extending into western New South Wales.
There may be some trees in western parts of the Northern Territory.
Sandalwood Oil Characteristics
Clear to brown in colour, viscous (honey like), with a smooth and sweet woody aroma (more pleasant than Indian Sandalwood Santalum album ).
Australian Sandalwood essential oil has an amazing shelf life. When stored correctly a bottle of oil will remain vibrant for many years. A bottle distilled in the early 1900’s was recently discovered and still had an acceptable aroma.
History
Traditional Usage
There is documented evidence for the use of sandalwood by Australia’s indigenous people. While much of it is culturally sensitive it is known that new mothers would crouch over the aromatic smoke of Sandalwood leaves.
Early European Usage
Australian Sandalwood was one of Western Australia’s major exports. It was first exported to China in 1844 and from the 1870’s to the 1930’s wild trees were plundered from the Western Australian outback.
