Gonna attempt to make some sandalwood perfumes with perfumers alcohol need some advice

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Loulikesoud said:
Absolute ethanol (200 proof) is hygroscopic but that is remedied by storing it over 3 angstrom molecular sieves. The constant boiling azeotrope is 190 proof, the highest obtainable by distilling an alcohol water mix.
The zeolite/sieve gets it the rest of the way.

Here in the US, SD40 alcohol is used in fine fragrance. It costs about $2/liter by the 55 gallon drum.
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I am guessing you are a chemist? I found that the hardest studying pharmacology, was too mentally ill to go ahead with that though. Now I study it because it is a thing I grasped at a young age and find it fascinating (pharmacology, and also chemistry, but chemistry hurts my brain lol).
 
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Tauhid Shaikh said:
I try to use that is the least harsh smelling

www.laballey.com

Ethanol 190 Proof (95%) Organic Vegan Sugar Cane Alcohol, FCC Food Grade, Kosher

Ethyl alcohol made from organic sugar cane that has been grown in farms without pesticides or chemicals. Lab Alley offers a wide variety of certified vegan ethanol for sale at the best prices.
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Also, as I have been told, a 200 proof alcohol will drop to 190-195 proof as soon as it's opened and is exposed to the air :)
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Too expensive. Would this do? https://liquidessences.co/product/o...AK4w003ojAtLrQn9t8EjLQ668QvQiHGRoCGKUQAvD_BwE
 
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-Renton- said:
So, awhile ago I seen this video by KyaraZen: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvy0vC8IH9n/ and I have TONS (over 300g) of sandalwood powder, good quality too, Mysore Sandalwood powder, and a ton of sandalwood oil I can use for just the perfumes. Now I have plastic long thin bottles instead of a short thick one, is this okay to use? Another question, what is that stuff at the bottom that he is not taking out at the end of the video? Should I avoid at all costs to take that out? Where can I buy that syringe looking thing he uses, if anyone can tell me what it is that would be great, I know what pipettes are but this looks more like a lab pipette, is that what it is? And would 100ml of this perfumers alcohol be enough for 3-4 batches just to try start doing it and try them out, or do I need the 1000ml? https://scentscientists.com/products/perfumers-alcohol-100ml?variant=41387624235184 .

If you have any tips please share, I am looking to make a strong sandalwood perfume and then when I get used to making stuff like this I want to add ouds, rose, attars from Temple of Incense (a UK Indian incense company that also sells attars), the reason I want to mix attars with the sandalwood is simply experimenting, and obviously some frankincense E.O that I already have like 50-100ml of.

Please, any help is appreciated and will be thanked.

Thank you in advance. :)
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Nice! I didn't realise it was that easy. I might do the same.
 
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-Renton- said:
I am guessing you are a chemist? I found that the hardest studying pharmacology, was too mentally ill to go ahead with that though. Now I study it because it is a thing I grasped at a young age and find it fascinating (pharmacology, and also chemistry, but chemistry hurts my brain lol).
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I am.

Best to use SD40 alcohol if tax free absolute is unavailable for the usual draconian reasons…
 
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Well, my friend, the markup is crazy. From Brenntag or Univar, themselves likely supplied by ADM, it’s $3-4/gallon without the taxes but that’s by the tote
 
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Have just bottled up my sandalwood perfume attempt. It's pretty bloody good actually. Ingredients are Australian sandalwood, Vanilla absolute, Rose absolute, Benzoin resin and honey.
 

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-Renton- said:
Oh, great work mate. Did you use the KyaraZen video, or did it a different way? Just seen this there.
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Cheers! No, I think I did this before I saw that video however I am currently doing an ethanol soak as per the video with some S.Album powder. I've had 10g of the powder soaking for a few days now with the occasional shake up. I might filter it out today and give it another soak.
 

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Olfactory Nomad said:
Cheers! No, I think I did this before I saw that video however I am currently doing an ethanol soak as per the video with some S.Album powder. I've had 10g of the powder soaking for a few days now with the occasional shake up. I might filter it out today and give it another soak.
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It looks ready, bro. Just get a syringe type thing (seen in the video) and get all the liquid at the top out and put it in another bottle and add around 0.25-0.75ml of sandalwood oil.
 
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i just posted a thread in General called "Aussie Sandalwood tincture continued" that has a step by step on how i did this! i hope its helpful. im surprised at how different the oil is compared to steam distillation. I'll definitely be doing this again! your projects all look so cool :)
 
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Goodness Nose said:
i just posted a thread in General called "Aussie Sandalwood tincture continued" that has a step by step on how i did this! i hope its helpful. im surprised at how different the oil is compared to steam distillation. I'll definitely be doing this again! your projects all look so cool :)
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As a perfume it's turned out very nice. I've also added some castoreum tincture to top it off.
 
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