@Ahmir:
Dabur is a company manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines and health products. Their "Chandan ka Taila" (Sandalwood oil) is a hydro-distillied very pure sandalwood oil (at least it was, when last I bought a bottle).
This oil is so pure you can ingest it, i.e. take a drop or two (with some sugar; as it is very bitter - like most essential oils).
Sandalwood is used in ayurvedic medicine for treating urinary infections and kidney/ bladder ailments.
Beware, the bottle from Dabuir coems with a rubber stopper that , once removed, cannot be put onto the bottle again. So you will need a second bottle to transfer the oil into along with the musk grains.
If you want to compare to another oil, check out
www.oudimpressions.com.
The owner is a member of this forum, too, and he offers Vintage Sandalwood oil. Maybe you prefer to buy from him.
Kind regards,
Thomas S.
Hello all, its been along time since I was last here
Anyway. I ordered the Dabur sandalwood oil which, I want to mix some precious musk grains which have been marinating in another sandalwood oil for the last 6 years. I don't have much experience with sandalwood oils except for a Californian which is very harsh smelling. The sandalwood my grains is sitting in is a very very sweet smooth buttery oil. The dabur is a smoky oil that is not too sweet and is not as strong as the other oil. I am scared to put the grains into this oil as I am not sure if its pure or what. I am not in the least suspecting that this oil is adulterated or worse still mostly synthetic. Its just that I don't know. Can someone please help and clarify if this is exactly how this oil should smell and while your at it can you please recommend a smoother oil.
thanks