Sacred Santal

love the scent but wish it stayed for longer

First impressions: (roller ball) Listen whenever a scent says santal I usually HATE IT. Especially if that sandalwood smells rough or screechy. But this one IS PERFECT compared to all the other sandalwood perfumes I’ve tried. I just wish they came with a perfume version and not a roller ball version. I would love to try the body oil as well. Edit 1: I think that this perfume smells like more like a cardamon bomb to me. rather the “santal” part of the fragrance is a misnomer. I hate Sandalwood and to me the santal in here is very very, very slight. This reads slightly masculine to me. This perfume smells like a really luxurious creamy body cream smell. Edit 3: Compared to my other perfumes I feel like driftwood is better than santal. Also I don’t like that this is named at santal but there’s more cardamom than actual sandalwood in this. Second opinion said it smells like a English teacher, and I agree it’s a big meh for me.

The first note I get is vanilla — so much so that I double checked to make sure they hadn’t sent me Vanilla Verve by mistake. Then I begin to get something that smells like a combination of amber and cashmere wood. For a scent with light projection it seems a bit syrupy and heavy, if that makes sense. I ordered this on a whim after reading that it was an In Style editor’s most complimented fragrance (cheap enough to take a chance). I’m not going to say it smells cheap, but it definitely doesn’t smell expensive. It’s sort of striking me as “mall goth,” so I may just not be in the right age demographic. This could be great for someone else.

I bought the vitamin c body oil and I have to say this is a very masculine leaning scent. As someone who enjoys wearing masculine fragrances, it’s a bit over the top. It’s soft, but also sharp. On my skin, I mostly pick up the cardamom and bergamot, a lil too citrusy for your average santal scent. As far as silage and longevity, it does not perform very well at all.

Smells like a cologne I'd smell on a grandparent. It's not offensive, but not really up my alley. It's a lot more generic than people make it sound online. I am getting the woodsy and almost chocolate notes, but also a lot of amber and musk. I'm not getting much bergamot personally