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Sandalwood 343 Sandalwood is the heartwood of a slow-growing tree, distilled into a pale, oily essence. The scent is smooth, creamy and softly woody, with a gentle milky sweetness and a hint of warmth. Unlike sharper woods such as cedar, it feels round and quiet. Perfumers use it to give a base body and a skin-like finish, and it combines well with rose, jasmine, vanilla and musk. Natural sandalwood has become scarce, so many perfumes use sandalwood accords or molecules built to recreate its creamy character. Either way, the impression is the same: a calm, polished wood that never shouts.
Sandalwood mostly sits in the base here, where it adds a creamy, rounded warmth that lets the brighter notes settle on skin.
Perfumes to start with
Top note 4 perfumes
Heart note 39 perfumes
Base note 300 perfumes No. 1 in Amber Amber Add 3 ml Amouage
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Rated 5 out of 5 from 56 reviews 5.0 (56)
No. 1 in Woody Woody Add 3 ml Amouage
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 68 reviews 4.9 (68)
Amouage
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Parfums de Marly
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By Kilian
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 44 reviews 4.9 (44)
Byredo
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 46 reviews 4.9 (46)
Amouage
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Initio Parfums Prives
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Frederic Malle
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Amouage
Was €21.90, now €13.77 €21.90 €13.77
BDK Parfums
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Tom Ford
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Amouage
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Amouage
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BDK Parfums
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Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 27 reviews 4.7 (27)
Le Labo
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Nishane
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 24 reviews 4.9 (24)
Tiziana Terenzi
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Amouage
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BDK Parfums
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 26 reviews 4.8 (26)
Diptyque
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Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 21 reviews 4.7 (21)
Ex Nihilo
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 from 26 reviews 4.5 (26)
Mancera
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 from 19 reviews 4.5 (19)
Tom Ford
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 from 21 reviews 4.5 (21)
Tom Ford
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Acqua di Parma
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 17 reviews 4.6 (17)
Amouage
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By Kilian
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Rated 5 out of 5 from 16 reviews 5.0 (16)
Comme des Garçons
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Creed
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 14 reviews 4.9 (14)
Dior
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Frederic Malle
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Mancera
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Mancera
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Penhaligon's
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Prada
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Creed
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 12 reviews 4.6 (12)
Amouage
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Rated 4.2 out of 5 from 13 reviews 4.2 (13)
Amouage
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 10 reviews 4.6 (10)
Amouage
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 13 reviews 4.8 (13)
Amouage
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews 4.8 (12)
Amouage
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By Kilian
Was €24.90, now €17.20 €24.90 €17.20
Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 9 reviews 4.8 (9)
Byredo
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Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 11 reviews 4.7 (11)
Creed
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Creed
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Creed
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Givenchy
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Guerlain
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Guerlain
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Hugo Boss
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Rated 4.4 out of 5 from 9 reviews 4.4 (9)
Initio Parfums Prives
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Initio Parfums Prives
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Initio Parfums Prives
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Jean Paul Gaultier
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Mancera
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Mancera
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Montale
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Nishane
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Rated 5 out of 5 from 8 reviews 5.0 (8)
Parfums de Marly
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Penhaligon's
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Penhaligon's
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Xerjoff
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 9 reviews 4.9 (9)
New Notes
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Acqua di Parma
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Amouage
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Amouage
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Atelier des Ors
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Azzaro
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Burberry
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 7 reviews 4.6 (7)
By Kilian
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Rated 5 out of 5 from 8 reviews 5.0 (8)
By Kilian
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Rated 5 out of 5 from 8 reviews 5.0 (8)
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