Sandalwood oil based attars

Description

Sandalwood oil is the base with which each extracted oil has to be mixed to give a distinct smell and whiff. These vapours condense, and after days of distillation, the water and oil separate, allowing most of the aromatic molecules to become adsorbed into the sandalwood oil. The water is decanted and added back to the distilling vessel for the next day’s distillation. The process, in the case of flowers like rose, jasmin, kewda, raat rani (night queen), is repeated for a minimum of *5 days until the sandalwood becomes totally saturated with the perfume of that particular flower. The process for making heena and amber is much more sophisticated and requires numerous other steps and as many as *0 natural ingredients go into their production, which takes months. Botanical Name: Rosa damascena Common Method of Extraction: Solvent Extracted or Steam Distilled (called Rose Otto) Color: Deep Red for the Absolute, Light Yellow for the Steam Distillate Consistency: Thick for the Absolute, Thin for the Steam Distillate Perfumery Note: Middle Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong Aromatic Description: strongly floral, sweet. Constituents of Rose Otto: Citronellol, Geraniol, Nerol, Farnesol, Esters, Rose Oxide, Limonene, Myrcene, Pinene [Shirley Price, After four hours when the condensed material and sandalwood have filled the receiver, a new one i