Sandalwood :

Sandalwood is the wood from a tree of the Santalum genus, from the Santalaceae family. It can be found mainly in India, Nepal, Australia and Hawaii. Its wood can be used as incense, in aromatherapy, and as a perfume fragrance. Even if some temples are made of sandalwood in India and still keep their aroma throughout the centuries, this kind of wood is not commonly used for building purposes.

Jewel boxes are also made out of sandalwood. Tomé Pires, a Portuguese apothecary that lived from 1512 to 1515 in the city of Malacca (on the Malaysian peninsula), writes in his Suma Oriental that sandalwood comes from the island of Sumba and Timor, in Indonesia. In the perfume industry, sandalwood is used as a base note. It allows also to capture and enhance the head space of other fragrances.