The oil is steam distilled or water distilled from the coarsely powdered wood of billets and roots of Santalum Album, a comparatively small tree. The tree originates in India, Ceylon, Indonesia and surrounding islands and it grows wild in the Portuguese island of Timor and on Celebes, among other places. East Indian Sandalwood Oil is a pale yellow to yellow, viscous liquid, having an extremely soft, sweet woody and almost animal balsamic odor, presenting little or no particular topnote and remaining uniform for a considerable length of time due to its very good tenacity.
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