Mysore Sandal Oil_10ml, Ayurveda Pure Natural Online shop

Mysore Sandalwood Oil is derived from Indian Santalum album tree that belongs to the species of Santalaceae. This tree is also referred as Santal or East Indian sandalwood tree.

Mysore Sandalwood Oil contains compounds like santyl acetate, Santalol (90%) and santalene.

The base note mild fragrance of this oil resembles to the aroma of balsam and oriental smell that can be described as pleasant, gentle, intense and woody scent.

This oil can be mixed with other essential oils like peppermint, eucalyptus radiate, basil and pine.

The offered Mysore Sandalwood Oil is also referred as chandan oil and sandalwood oil.

Sandalwood Oil from Mysore is acknowledged for its mesmerizing aroma and unique healing capacity. This Mysore Sandalwood oil is known for its astringent, carminative, emollient, antiseptic, antipholgistic, antispasmodic, expectorant, sleep inducing and diuretic attributes.

Use in Perfumery: 

Sandalwood oil is used extensively in natural perfumery as a harmonizing agent, base note and fixative. It helps to bring together other oils and adds a graceful aroma without taking away or overpowering other oils. It is a base note that helps to hold the scent of other lighter oils that tend to dissipate quickly. Sandalwood is central to the making of traditional attars in India. These natural perfumes are made by distilling essential oils of rare and/or difficult to distill plants into pure Sandalwood oil. This method of distilling unique oils into Sandalwood oil produces wonderful natural perfumes containing the essences of both plants combined in an almost magical way.

Spiritual Use: 

Sandalwood is used in many different ways in the spiritual traditions of the East. It is considered beneficial for meditation and for calming and focusing the mind. It is used as incense in temples or on personal altars to remind us of the fragrant realms of the heavenly realms. Deities of various kinds are fashioned from Sandalwood, then installed in a shrine or temple or placed upon the home altar. When Sandalwood was more abundant, the wood was used to construct parts of temples. Meditation beads or malas are made with Sandalwood in which a mantra or a personal prayer is repeated as the beads roll through the fingers. Sandalwood paste is used in many rituals including fire ceremonies, and Sandalwood paste is also used to anoint the forehead as a blessing, as well as to make a design symbolic to particular religious sects.

The oil of Sandalwood is used to anoint deities. In this way the fragrance which is emitted over time also helps to remind one of the spiritual realms. Sandalwood oil is one of the best fragrant aids to meditation. A drop or two can be applied to the forehead, the temples or rubbed between the eyebrows before beginning. In this way, it helps to set the stage and prepare the mind to begin its inward journey.