Sandalwood Essential Oil
A creamy, sacred wood scent — the most expensive and longest-lasting base note in men's cologne.
Sandalwood (Santalum album) is the most prized fragrance wood in perfumery. Genuine Indian sandalwood essential oil costs $2,000+ per kilogram and can take 30 years to mature in the tree. In cologne and premium beard oil, sandalwood provides an unmatched creamy, warm, long-lasting base — the difference between a scent that lasts 3 hours and one that lasts 10.
- ›Genuine Indian sandalwood: $2,000+/kg wholesale.
- ›Sillage: exceptionally long — 8+ hours on skin.
- ›Scent family: creamy, sacred wood, base note.
- ›Australian sandalwood is the sustainable alternative.
- ›Commonly counterfeited in low-cost fragrances.
Why 'sandalwood' on a label often isn't real sandalwood
True Santalum album is nearly extinct in the wild. Most affordable products use Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) or synthetic sandalwood (Santal 33, javanol). Grizzly's Gold Standard Cologne discloses its sandalwood source in the ingredient list — a rare transparency in the fragrance industry.
