What smells best with sandalwood?

What other scents go well with sandalwood? Sandalwood is a key member of the floral-oriental fragrance family and is often paired with white floral scents: orange blossom, jasmine, ylang-ylang, magnolia, gardenia, and tuberose.

Is sandalwood an attractive scent?

Sandalwood If you want to attract the ladies, get yourself some sandalwood cologne. In a 2006 study published in Planta Medica, researchers found that inhaling the scent of sandalwood could increase mood and arousal (see claim: “Sandalwood oil elevated pulse rate, skin conductance level, and systolic blood pressure.”)

Does sandalwood smell like vanilla?

Think of sandalwood as a gateway note—it’s an easy place to start if you’ve been loyal to scents like floral and vanilla but are looking for something slightly more sophisticated. And thanks to its incredibly light, slightly musky finish, sandalwood happens to be one of our go-to fragrances for summer and fall.

Is sandalwood an oud?

Oud versus sandalwood? Oud comes from the wood of the tropical Agar (Aquilaria) tree and has a strong musky scent whereas sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum that generates a warm en woody smell. Unlike many other aromatic woods, sandalwood retains its fragrance for decades.

Do girls like smell of sandalwood?

Scientific studies have concluded that women subconsciously link the scent of sandalwood with andosterone, thus elevating attraction and sexual desire to men wearing that scent. There are many ways to attract women; scent can be one of the most powerful due to women’s heightened sense of smell.

Is sandalwood a feminine scent?

Often sandalwood is associated as a ‘masculine’ smell but it’s actually used in loads in ‘feminine’ marketed fragrances out there. It’s a base note ingredient that is long lasting without adding an overpowering aroma to a fragrance.

Does sandalwood smell like pine?

Among the traditional fragrance families (citrus, floral, oriental, chypre, woody, ferns, and leathers), the smell of sandalwood is categorized as a woody fragrance. Other notable scents in the woody family include cedar, vetiver, patchouli, pine, and cypress.