I've read the reviews on SCS Sandalwood. For those of you who like Sandalwood.....is this in your rotation? Do you like it?
What others do you like?
What others do you like?
Sandalwood Lovers
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Floris Original was by far the best Sandalwood going...Good like finding it though..I use mine just twice a year now...
Heard Floris was the best!!! Yep........I'd love to find a decant of it!!!!!!
Diptyque Tam Dao is my favorite.
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heard that is a great one too!!!!!!!
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Where can this be purchased?
AoS Sandalwood is quite nice...
Etro Sandalo is pretty amazing. Closest thing to Harris Sandalwood A/S.
Check with Rorschuck, its a favorite of his as well.
Check with Rorschuck, its a favorite of his as well.
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Oh Yeah.....I forgot about Harris Sandalwood AS!!! That stuff is great.....I always get compliments when I wear that one!!!!
I agree, Tam Dao is a good one that I use a lot. For a completely different take on Sandalwood, I recommend checking out Santal Noble by Maître Parfumeur et Gantier. This stuff is really amazing!
I have heard repeatedly that this is suppose to be very good but I have yet to try it as I still have a cabinet full of other goodies to work through....
I've tried a bunch, but here are the 4 that I've kept (the smn is just a small decant so it doesn't qualify to be in the picture yet).
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What's the one in back next to the Floris?
it's sandalo indiano by profumi di firenze. it's kind of a niche one and us is not the best place to find it.
Lorenzo Villoresi's Sandalo is also quite nice.
I am eagerly awaiting delivery of a bottle of Elizabeth Arden Sandalwood - the members here spoke quite highly of it.... I will report back on how it works out...
Barry
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I'm more of a sandalwood purist and think Sandalwood is perfect on its own and doesn't need anything else added to it, so as such I've disliked many of the scents I've tried that are called "sandalwood." But two really stand out.
Diptyque Tam Dao: it's a blend but (unlike Floris for example) the predominant scent is sandal. Deep, woody sandal, like opening an old Indian sandalwood box from the 19th century that you bought at an antique store. It's really rich but not cloying. A TRUE sandalwood fragrance that smells like the sandalwood prayer beads I own. Expensive though.
Nandita Fragrances Sandal incense oil: This stuff is meant to be used either on the skin or added to an oil diffuser for aromatherapy purposes. For $8 you get an 8ml vial that comes with a roll-on applicator. Apply just a little wherever you want and within 15 minutes you get the most natural, unobtrusive, musky sandalwood fragrance available, IMO. It is designed to adapt to body chemistry and lasts all day. The vial lasts forever too, since you don't need to use much. I have no idea if it's synthetic or uses the EO. But trust me, it smells like the real thing. Seriously.
Diptyque Tam Dao: it's a blend but (unlike Floris for example) the predominant scent is sandal. Deep, woody sandal, like opening an old Indian sandalwood box from the 19th century that you bought at an antique store. It's really rich but not cloying. A TRUE sandalwood fragrance that smells like the sandalwood prayer beads I own. Expensive though.
Nandita Fragrances Sandal incense oil: This stuff is meant to be used either on the skin or added to an oil diffuser for aromatherapy purposes. For $8 you get an 8ml vial that comes with a roll-on applicator. Apply just a little wherever you want and within 15 minutes you get the most natural, unobtrusive, musky sandalwood fragrance available, IMO. It is designed to adapt to body chemistry and lasts all day. The vial lasts forever too, since you don't need to use much. I have no idea if it's synthetic or uses the EO. But trust me, it smells like the real thing. Seriously.
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Just ordered samples of i Profumi di Firenze's Sandalo Indiano, Sandalo Misore & Sandalo Malesia. Cool! 
Back on topic. I think Sue's sandalwood is a fine cologne for the price. Gents, if you are on a budget and can't afford Tam Dao or SMN Sandalwood, pick up a bottle of Sue's elixir for a very good price.
