Re: Sandalwood - where to purchase?

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> I have been looking online for a source for sandalwood and noticed

> that Liberty offers several varieties, at remarkably good prices.

> Has anyone had experience with their sandalwood? They claim to

offer

> Mysore sandalwood oil under government seal for about $30/oz -

quite

> remarkable if it is genuine. They also offer an Indonesian

> sandalwood, apparently from the same species, for about $22/oz.

Has

> anyone had experience with the Indonesian variety? I know that

> has contracted for a large amount of sandalwood which

has

> been government approved for export, but this has not arrived yet

and

> I understand is on extended travels until late summer.

> Dorian

I wouldn't go to Liberty Natural were it me.. The sandalwood I have

from them is adulterated with amyris. I noticed it because the

dryouts on blends didn't reflect sandalwood alone, but mostly amyris

and maybe some other wood like guaiac. Amyris is one of the easiest

adulterants because it has a similar viscosity to the real thing.

Is it absolutely necessary that you use sandalwood? Both of the

these, the Mysore and the Indonesian, smell adulterated.

I know means well, but it sure looks like these products

are being adulterated and stretched at the source.... because of the

continuing demand for something that'll be gone shortly.

sara