Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 In a message dated 2/7/04 11:47:34 PM Central Standard Time, marchu2 writes: > >have a friend who makes this awesome sandalwood soap ...< don't have any info on your question, but aren't you Irene of Irene's House of 'Soap? Just wanted to say hello and tell you how much i enjoy your soap pages and have done the soap painting. It was a blast! not cost effective for me, but very impressive. Yours and His, Deonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 I have a friend who makes this awesome sandalwood soap -- she uses 4 ounces to a batch! If any of you have researched purchasing sandalwood, you know that amount is extremely expensive -- prohibitively so. But the scent of sandalwood is irresistible, especially for men. Mysore sandalwood has been harvested and/or poached to the point that the Indian government has put restrictions on its production and the only true Mysore escaping the country is 100% government controlled -- well, except for the bits here and there that the poachers swipe. Anyway, Mysore sandalwood is considered the rarest and most costly of all sandalwood oils, couple that with over harvesting, and until recently, lack of controlled & sustainable growth, we will not see legally harvested Mysore again in our lifetimes -- it will be in our grandchildren's lifetimes when these new trees are available to harvest. Some forward thinking folks saw this on the horizon some years ago and decided to go into the sandalwood business using a species of sandalwood which is easier to renew -- the Australian variety, which to the untrained nose, could pass for Mysore in a heartbeat. The Australian variety is less than half the cost of the Indian varieties, tallying in at about $54 per 4 oz bottle, passing almost completely for 'the real deal' with just a tiny hint of bitterness -- fortunately, the Australian variety warms down to the sweet, pungent, lovely, aphrodisiac sandalwood we're all used to when applied to the skin or blended with other oils. Directly from the bottle, the Australian sandalwood is nearly indetectible -- my husband, who is a huge sandalwood hoochie, couldn't smell anything as I passed the bottle under his nose, however, when I splashed a bit on his arm and made him take a whiff, he nearly melted in a puddle -- " Sandalwood! " he yelled. " Oh, you gotta make some soap with this stuff. " Irena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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