Creamy, milky sandalwood without the wood. Sandalore is a synthetic molecule that captures sandalwood's soft, skin-like warmth at a fraction of the cost -- cleaner and more transparent than the natural.
Creamy, milky, soft-woody. Cleaner and more transparent than natural Mysore sandalwood -- the milk without the wood grain, the cream without the animal warmth. A focused, well-behaved sandalwood impression that sits close to skin. Less complex than Santalum album, less camphorous than Australian sandalwood, less buttery than amyris.
Evolution over time
Immediately
Immediately
Creamy-milky softness, clean woody warmth
After a few hours
After a few hours
Skin-like warmth deepens, transparent sandalwood character
After a few days
After a few days
Soft, persistent, close-to-skin milky warmth
The Full Story
Sandalore (CAS 65113-99-7, chemical name 5-(2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-enyl)-2-methylpentan-2-ol) is a synthetic sandalwood odorant. It reproduces the creamy, milky, soft-woody quality of natural Santalum album sandalwood oil -- specifically the alph a-santalol character -- without the cost, scarcity, or sustainability concerns of natural Mysore sandalwood.
Compared to natural sandalwood oil, Sandalore reads cleaner, more transparent, and more focused on the creamy-milky axis. It lacks the full complexity of natural santalol (which carries additional woody, animalic, and urinous qualities), but its single-molecule clarity makes it predictable and easy to dose. It blends exceptionally well with other woods, musks, and florals.
Functionally, Sandalore is a base-note material with excellent tenacity and skin-affinity. It provides the soft, enveloping warmth that sandalwood is prized for in mass-market and prestige compositions alike. It is a commercially successful sandalwood replacers in contemporary use.
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Sandalore was discovered to activate the olfactory recept or OR2AT4, which is expressed in the nose and in human skin keratinocytes. A 2014 study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology showed that Sandalore stimulated skin cell proliferati on and wound healing through this recept or -- a rare case of a perfume molecule with demonstrated dermatological activity.
Extraction & Chemistry
Extraction method: Fully synthetic. Manufactured by chemical synthesis. CAS 65113-99-7. The molecule is 5-(2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-enyl)-2-methylpentan-2-ol.
Molecular Formula
C₁₄H₂₆O
CAS Number
65113-99-7
Botanical Name
N/A — synthetic molecule
IFRA Status
Restricted in certain product categories (IFRA limits apply)
Synonyms
Sandalore
Physical Properties
Odor Strength
Medium
Lasting Power
400 hours at 100.00%
Appearance
Pale yellow clear viscous liquid
Boiling Point
95.00 to 98.00 °C. @ 0.50 mm Hg
Flash Point
> 212.00 °F. TCC ( > 100.00 °C. )
Specific Gravity
0.89500 to 0.90300 @ 25.00 °C.
Refractive Index
1.47000 to 1.47600 @ 20.00 °C.
In Perfumery
Sandalore is a synthetic sandalwood base note providing creamy, milky, soft-woody character with excellent tenacity and skin-affinity. CAS 65113-99-7. It reproduces the alph a-santalol quality of natural sandalwood at lower cost. Cleaner and more transparent than the natural, it works across mass-market and prestige compositions. works with musks, florals, and other woods. a commercially successful sandalwood alternatives.
