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CO2 Extract Sandalwood - Mysore, India Santalum album - Experienced

08 May, 2010 12:40 CST6CDT

Sandalwood TreeI took this small 2oz bottle of CO2 extracted Sandalwood (Santalum album) distilled in 2000 just now out of its nest.  I keep it in a fire safe, and only when I have a good moment of thought, do I dare attempt to expose this sacred oil to my world.  I decided that now I will share my experience opening this bottle after more than one year.

It is now open.

The feelings came first - it is like a drug, I get a high.  I am trying to describe a scent for the readers, and thus:  it is a sugar so fine and sweet that it overwhelms your mind and emotions, and like said in "Star Trek", in order to understand its values you must have a similar frame, or point of reference.

Wow, I take another deep breath.  No one knew 10 years ago how a CO2 distilled Sandalwood would turn out, and we still don't know to this day.  It may take a century of learning, as I hope to pass this on.

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Main Entry:   spew   Pronunciation:   \ˈspyü\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spīwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein   First Known Use: before 12th century

intransitive verb
  1. VOMIT
  2. to come forth in a flood or gush
  3. to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE
transitive verb
  1. VOMIT
  2. to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity <a volcano spewing out ash> —often used with out —spew·er noun
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