Mysore Sandal: A Timeless Essence of Tradition and Luxury

The Sandalwood oil produced at Mysuru is considered as Liquid Gold for its consistent quality amp fragrance characteristics It is also known as the Fragrant Ambassador of Indiardquo due to its hallmark for purity and consistent qualityThe botanical name of East Indian sandalwood is Santalum albumrdquo which produces the best quality Sandalwood oil and is one of the most desired perfumery materials for the last 10 decadesThe Sandalwood oil has a pleasant woody sweet odor and longlasting quality It is widely used as an excellent fixative in oriental types of perfumes for its persistent sweet woody aroma It is largely used in medicine beauty aids amp cosmetic preparation It acts as an antiseptic analgesic antibiotic and property The characteristic strong woody pleasant odour amp medicinal properties are mainly due to alpha amp betaSantalols Indian Sandalwood oil contains the highest amounts of alpha amp beta Santalol compared to any other Sandalwood oil produced in the world The alpha Santalol possesses antibacterial properties amp beta Santalol possesses sedative properties whereas synthetic Sandalwood boosters dont contain these active ingredients Sandalwood essential oil is used in aromatherapy and found to be effective in treating skin irritation amp acne besides acting as a mood enhancer Its said Sandalwood is used in human life particularly in Indian culture and civilizations from Cradle to CremationsThe Government Sandalwood Oil factory was established by the Maharaja of Mysore His Highness Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar and Dewan Sir M Visvesvaraya during the year 1916 at Mysore to extract Sandalwood Oil from Sandalwood The technology for the distillation of sandalwood was perfected with the help of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science The foresight and enthusiasm of the Maharaja of Mysore to keep Mysore State on the Global Map was possible by introducing the Worlds Best Natural Sandalwood Oil and making it a Fragrant Ambassador of IndiaThe next logical step was to utilize sandalwood oil in toilet soap production Sri S G Sastry a promising student of science was deputed to the United Kingdom for higher training in oil technology On returning to India he conducted several experiments and evolved a soap perfume blend using Sandalwood oil as a base to be used in toilet soaps The relentless efforts of Sri S G Sastry the manufacturer of soap was crowned with success thus Mysore Sandal Soap was introduced to the world in the year 1918 Mysore Sandal Soap is the only soap in the World made from pure vegetable oils based on 10037 pure Natural Sandalwood Oil Karnataka Soaps amp Detergents Limited owns the proprietary Geographical Indication GI tag for both Mysore Sandal Soap amp Mysore Sandalwood Oil which gives it Intellectual Property Rights to use the brand name to ensure quality and to prevent unauthorized use by other manufacturers

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