KOBASHI 檀香精油 100% 純淨天然
【拉丁學名】Santalum album
【來源】選用75至90年樹齡的南印度老檀香木，採用傳統水蒸氣蒸餾工藝萃取
【顏色】清澈淡琥珀色
【產地】印度卡納塔克邦（Karnataka）
【產品特色】
來自印度南部頂級檀香，是全球檀香中的瑰寶。這批珍貴檀香木經年陳製，香氣更顯醇厚豐富。每一批香氣略有微妙差異，因樹齡與生長環境的獨特性造就其非凡價值。由於檀香稀缺，我們珍惜每一次進貨機會，且價格逐年攀升，收藏與使用皆是最佳投資。
【香氣描述】
濃郁、柔和、絲滑的木質香帶有麝香甜味，味道持久且迷人。作為香水的基調香，檀香初聞柔和，體現於肌膚上則香氣層次豐富且耐人尋味。它是高效定香劑，與乳香、玫瑰、荷葉、薰衣草、丁香、黑胡椒、佛手柑、岩蘭草、廣藿香、沒藥與茉莉等精油完美融合。
【功效應用】
檀香常用於冥想助禪，營造神秘異國氛圍。對乾燥敏感肌膚極為溫和，是保濕乳液中的優秀成分，尤其有效對抗剃鬚後的紅疹。它還有助於修復乾燥與受損髮質，同時作為體香深受男女喜愛。在印度，檀香與玫瑰精油並用，是著名香水“aytar”的重要組成。傳統阿育吠陀醫學亦長期使用檀香，緩解喉嚨發炎、乾咳與喉嚨痛。檀香具有溫和消毒、舒緩及催情特質，對尿道健康也有益處。
【市場區別】
本產品為正宗印度白檀香（Santalum album），非西印度香（Amyris balsamifera）或澳洲香（Santalum spicatum）。兩者各有特色，無優劣之分，選擇依個人口味和用途而定。
【植物簡介】
檀香屬檀香科，為常綠多枝木本植物，高可達18米，樹幹呈灰褐色，葉片厚實帶皮革感，花朵紫色。原產熱帶印亞地區。如今全球多地均有栽培，但最優質仍出自南印度。
【保育與種植】
印度法規規定，未滿30年的檀香樹禁止砍伐採油。因過度開採，檀香瀕臨稀有瀕危品種，全球需共同呵護與保護。
本精油取材嚴選，來自野生或有機栽培老樹，無農藥殘留，保證純粹與安全。
選擇KOBASHI檀香精油，享受世代相傳的珍貴香氣，沉靜心靈，淨化身心，體驗奢華與天然兼備的芳療藝術。
KOBASHI SANDALWOOD OIL 100% Pure
LATIN NAME: Santalum album
SOURCE: Steam distilled wood
COLOUR:Clear, light amber
ORIGIN: South India (Karnataka region)
Our present Limited Stock is from 75 to 90 years old wood picture below:
Mysore is a city in the Karnataka region where Sandalwood was distilled in the past. Some like to see the word Mysore, but as long as the Sandalwood is Santalum album from South India and distilled correctly from older trees, this is the best you can do. Each batch is slightly different. Due to the rarity of Sandalwood we should be happy to get any at all. For us to restock Sandalwood the price keeps increasing and we believe it will increase year on year.
AROMA: Rich, soft, smooth-woody-musky sweet and tenacious and a is an excellent quality Sandalwood.
Sandalwood is a base note which initially is not strong but develops once applied to the skin. Used as A fixative, it blends well with Essential oils of Frankincense, Roses, Holeaf, Lavender, Clove , Black pepper, Bergamot, Vetiver, Patchouli, Myrrh and Jasmin.
QUALITIES: often burnt as an aid to meditation. Creates an exotic atmosphere, excellent for skin care, especially when dry or sensitive, add to moisturiser for treating 'barbers rash'. Useful for dry or damaged hair and as a body fragrance it is appealing to both men and women, in India it is often combined with rose absolute to make the famous perfume aytar. It has long been used in India in traditional Ayurvedic medicine. Try adding to a carrier oil and massaging throat to relive laryngitis, dry coughs and sore throat. Antiseptic, soothing with aphrodisiac properties. Has an affiliation with the urinary tract and is helpful in treating any problems in this area.
Not to be confused with the cheaper West Indian (Amyris balsamifera) or now expensive Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum). Santalum album vs Santalum spicatum: one is not better or worse than the other, they are just different. Much of Aroma is based on personal taste.
A member of the Santalaceae family, it is a small many branched evergreen parasitic tree, up to eighteen metres in height. It has a brown-grey trunk with large leathery leaves and small purple flowers. Native to tropical Indo-Asia.
Nearly all Sandalwood offered for sale is now Australian Santalum spicatum, which is a different species all together. Santalum album variety is wild and grown in south India. There is increasing planting of (Santalum album) in Australia that was started in 1983. The oldest plantation will only be 32 years old from today in 2015.
"Historically Sandalwood trees less than 100cm in diameter and tree less than 60 years old were considered to be too young to harvest. Heartwood volume, oil % and oil quality were considered to be inferior. Officially it is illegal in India to harvest sandal trees at less than 30 years of age. Please note: Sandalwood could become an endangered species and is controlled and monitored by the Indian government. A great deal of people in India and the world depend on this oil and it would be a shame not to conserve it.
Organically grown: no pesticides or herbicides used. Harvested from wild grown trees.
Kobashi Analysis of Sandalwood
