A range, not a rigid answer.
Creamy, soft, milky, dry, spicy, warm or polished. Modern effects may combine natural and synthetic sandalwood materials.
Deeper sensory reference
Sandalwood / santal
Santal is the French word for sandalwood and a fashionable naming signal—not a secret superior species.
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Why a perfumer may use the effect.
Smooths transitions, adds body and supports florals, musks, woods and amber styles.
Keep the evidence boundary visible.
A product called Santal Something does not disclose which sandalwood materials are present.
Words that change the way you read it.
Cedar · musk · lactonic · woody