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Santal is a woody eau de parfum for women and men from Ajmal's Purely Orient line, launched in 2019. It opens with nutmeg, saffron and ginger, develops gurjan balsam, sandalwood and cedar in the heart, and settles into agarwood (oud), white amber and musk.
To me this smells like a sandalwood forest at dusk, in the part of the forest where the old trees are. Sandalwood, creamy and sacred, everywhere; saffron and nutmeg and ginger, warm spices drifting like evening aartis; gurjan balsam thick and piney as temple oil. Oud rises underneath, dark and animalic, with cedar and white amber and musk — the smell of something ancient and alive. It's woody, warm-spicy, balsamic: a whole forest, a whole tradition, in a bottle. Reverent, and a little wild. Not for beginners — beginners stay away.
⚠ Not for beginners
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