Santal

Peach is wrong.... from official notes:" An addictive sandalwood lit up by a delicate ylang and notes of roasted cumin. The detail that makes the difference: Violet, with its sickly, powdery aura." and the violet is the humidity tone... beautiful.

Soft spicy santal, can't spot the peach at all

As much as I do not consider this a sandalwood perfume and cannot see myself wearing it, I find it interesting. On my skin, Santal smells like the fragrant pulaos they serve at South Asian weddings and restaurants; mouth watering. The roasted cumin in this is more gourmande and nutty than offensive, and I find the spicy, "medicinal" qualities of the initially quiet ylang-ylang to resemble camphoraceous cardamom and peppery Indian bay leaf. Behind all of this, there is a woody and powdery nuance working to give me the impression of cassia bark and freshly steamed basmati rice. After the initial 15-20 minutes, the ylang-ylang progresses to shine brighter, merging with Olibanum's signature base of their namesake, which further takes Santal away from the lactonic, comforting warmth of true sandalwood to a dry, citrusy-resinous and spicy direction. There may be the faintest hint of a disappointing synthetic sandalwood note that is more sharp and aquatic than soft and creamy. The cumin is always discernible in the background reminding me that I smell of food (which is why I cannot stand any gourmande fragrances, sweet nor savoury); I personally could not consider Santal a "clean" or "woody" scent on my skin. This was simply enjoyable to experience because of the appetising fragrance of pulao.

Starts out with like this disgusting stench, almost the exact same as one of the notes in Inexcusable Evil, almost repulsive but then after a couple minutes opens up to a clean, woody sandalwood no peach to me just a clean wood smell

This smells to me like the name should be Cumin instead of Santal. I enjoy the note of cumin amidst others but here it’s just too prominent and gives a definite BO note. And I’m not susceptible to smelling cumin this way; this is almost the only cumin containing fragrance I’ve had this experience with.