Having botanical name Santalum album, Sandal Vicco of Indian Sandalwood offered has a strong aroma with the oil being extracted from the selected dried heartwood. The extracted oil is of pale yellow color and is one of oldest known perfume materials. At places, it is used in incense products and is extracted using steam distillation process. The derived oil is warm, relaxing and sedative to nervous system and also acts as a aphrodisiac, thus assisting against depression. The sandalwood also has moisturizing and skin healing properties that make the oil valued in skin based cosmetics.
The sandalwood oil also has a sweet, warm, rich and woody aroma that makes it best for body fragrance, as ingredient in fragrant products like perfumes, aftershaves and other areas. The oil also has a long history of being used in traditional medicine.
