TIGER & IBIS Sandalwood & Oud co-distillation/attar • premium sandalwood and Oud essential oil attar • in-house co-distillation of 80&100year sandalwood and wild Pursat agarwood • India/Cambodia

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TIGER & IBIS Sandalwood & Oud co-distillation/attar • premium sandalwood and Oud essential oil attar • in-house co-distillation of 80&100year Mysore sandalwood and wild Pursat agarwood • India/Cambodia

A gorgeous stand-alone personal scent, but also a perfect base for blending and layering.

Ultra classic premium attar with only the highest grade raw materials.

Co-distillation of the materials (rather than post-distillation blending) creates new chemical compounds that give it a unique aromatic profile.

We could not be happier with our in-house production of this classic attar.

• production: July 2024 in-house co-distillation by Pierre Black in stainless steel with glass collector. Aged to perfection before public release.

• species: Santalum album / Aquilaria crassna

• notes of controversy: none

• part used:
80% Sandalwood, India Government Reserve heartwood, heartwood from 80 and 100 year old trees, dry-aged 12 years before distillation.
20% Agarwood, premium wild Pursat agarwood, selected dark wood only, from a few trees found in a high mountain area of Pursat province Cambodia.

• scent description: Topnotes include an unexpected mentholic (almost spearmint) note that uplifts the initial impression of these two classic ingredients. (Curiously, in our experience this spearmint note only appears in a co-distillation, not in the two separate essential oils on their own, and not in a blend of the two essential oils.) Beyond this unusual top note, early notes highlight what you would expect from a truly top-shelf Mysore Sandalwood, soft citrus, and bright new-woody notes. After the initial dynamism (30-60 minutes), it soon settles down into a classic creamy extra-old Mysore Sandalwood profile, which dominates the impression of this oil, but the wild Pursat agarwood is omnipresent, starting out quite subtle, but building and expanding more and more through the heart and into the base. This attar rolls out like a smooth cruise; a deep, rich, and satisfying quintessence of Sandalwood and Agarwood in a perfect harmony. Excellent tenacity.

TIGER & IBIS Sandalwood & Oud co-distillation/attar • premium sandalwood and Oud essential oil attar • in-house co-distillation of 80&100year Mysore sandalwood and wild Pursat agarwood • India/Cambodia

A gorgeous stand-alone personal scent, but also a perfect base for blending and layering.

Ultra classic premium attar with only the highest grade raw materials.

Co-distillation of the materials (rather than post-distillation blending) creates new chemical compounds that give it a unique aromatic profile.

We could not be happier with our in-house production of this classic attar.

• production: July 2024 in-house co-distillation by Pierre Black in stainless steel with glass collector. Aged to perfection before public release.

• species: Santalum album / Aquilaria crassna

• notes of controversy: none

• part used:
80% Sandalwood, India Government Reserve heartwood, heartwood from 80 and 100 year old trees, dry-aged 12 years before distillation.
20% Agarwood, premium wild Pursat agarwood, selected dark wood only, from a few trees found in a high mountain area of Pursat province Cambodia.

• scent description: Topnotes include an unexpected mentholic (almost spearmint) note that uplifts the initial impression of these two classic ingredients. (Curiously, in our experience this spearmint note only appears in a co-distillation, not in the two separate essential oils on their own, and not in a blend of the two essential oils.) Beyond this unusual top note, early notes highlight what you would expect from a truly top-shelf Mysore Sandalwood, soft citrus, and bright new-woody notes. After the initial dynamism (30-60 minutes), it soon settles down into a classic creamy extra-old Mysore Sandalwood profile, which dominates the impression of this oil, but the wild Pursat agarwood is omnipresent, starting out quite subtle, but building and expanding more and more through the heart and into the base. This attar rolls out like a smooth cruise; a deep, rich, and satisfying quintessence of Sandalwood and Agarwood in a perfect harmony. Excellent tenacity.

SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES ON OUR SANDALWOOD SELECTION

There are two primary themes operating in the world of Santalum album sandalwood essential oil:

Approach #1 “Quintessence” is the large-scale sandalwood industry seeking to create a consistently clean, round, straightforward sandal aroma with a high santalol content, always looking toward a kind of quintessential "perfect", “clean”, “pure” sandalwood aroma. Any kind of divergent complexity, unexpected aromatic notes, or noticeable impressions of the terroir are discouraged here. This is really important when predictability is desirable, such as for the perfume industry. High Santalol content is the most important feature here. Quality and aromatic density increases with the age of the tree. Aging an already good oil in this category will almost always make it more buttery and round and smooth, eliminating sharper top notes that tend to feature in younger oils. The goal is consistency and a kind of quintessential sandalwood perfection.

Approach #2 “Character” is one that favors variety and explores divergent sandalwood aromas that reflect unique tree and terroir as well as special processes in growing, harvesting, wood aging, processing, distillation, and aging of the finished oil itself. Of course it must first be recognizable as a true classic sandalwood aroma and higher santalol content will definitely be a desirable factor. However, this paradigm also favors interesting and unexpected aromatic notes as long as there is also discernible refinement and quality that would meet some kind of consensus among people with some kind of reasonably informed perspective. That is to say, it can't just be "interesting", it must be "interesting and good"!

TIGER and IBIS attar represents much more Approach #1 “Quintessence”