Database/Fragrance/Santalum Album Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Santalum Album Oil natural?

Yes. A volatile oil distilled directly from sandalwood heartwood; essential oils are treated as fully natural-origin.

INCI nameSantalum Album Oil
CAS8006-87-9
FunctionFragrance
FeedstockSteam-distilled from the heartwood of the sandalwood tree.…

How we scored it

Steam-distilled essential oil, whole plant material = 1.0 by rule
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Steam-distilled from the heartwood of the sandalwood tree. No synthetic processing steps are involved.

In plain English

Sandalwood essential oil, steam-distilled from the heartwood of the sandalwood tree. It provides a natural woody fragrance in perfumed products.

CosIng definition: Santalum Album Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the heartwood of the Sandalwood, Santalum album L., Santalaceae

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2SANTALUM ALBUM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3SANTALUM ALBUM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SANTALUM%20ALBUM%20OIL