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Isobionics Santalol

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Isobionics Santalol

Say iteye-soh-bye-ON-iks SAN-tuh-lawl

Creamy, milky natural-type sandalwood, close to the heart of Indian oil.

What it is
A molecule made by fermentation.
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Sustainable, nature-identical santalol to replace or extend scarce sandalwood oil in woody bases.
Worth knowing
The microbe, Rhodobacter sphaeroides, carries a plant gene for santalene synthase—no sandalwood tree is cut.
Also called
Biotech santalol

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