SANDALWOOD

Botanical: Santalum spicatum Harvest: Organic Plant part: Wood Source: Australia Olfactive ExperienceCreamy, warm, and woody, befitting an ancient templeFeelCentered, peaceful, enlightened Sandalwood offers fragrance to the subtle bodies, instilling a state of alignment between physical form, mind and spirit. A raw aromatic wood whose olfactive qualities have been treasured since antiquity, it grounds us in the world’s sensuous and unaffected beauty for an experience of simplicity and reflection. Sandalwood’s delicate, fresh scent is associated with the divine and can be used to conjure a sense of sanctuary. It is capable of awakening kundalini energy that links the base and crown chakras. Aboriginal Australians have used the wood, oil, and seed of the sandalwood tree for thousands of years for its relaxing, calmative, and soothing properties. It is also used in preparation for walkabouts, a rite of passage through which adolescent males seek spiritual transformation by journe