Atlantic Aromatics: Sandalwood Oil -(Vanuata)

Botanical name:  Santalum album

Extraction method:  steam distillation

Part of plant: heart wood

Origin: Australia

Info:  This Sandalwood oil comes from a plantation established in the late 1990's in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The area was formerly desert and has been transformed into a forest. The first trees were harvested in 2014 and a new distillery has been set up. This is the first large scale plantation of the Santalum album species.