Sandela® 85 IPM (Givaudan)

This powerful and diffusive ingredient presents a classical sandalwood character, valued for its exceptional linearity and clean profile. It unfolds with a distinctively sweet and creamy warmth, avoiding the harshness of some synthetics while delivering a persistent, woody-balsamic heart. Chemically a mixture of isomers of 3-(isocamphyl)cyclohexanol, its specific odor signature is a result of the precise ratio of these components. The commercial grade Sandela® 85 IPM indicates it is provided as an 85% solution in Isopropyl Myristate, a detail crucial for formulation, ensuring easy blending and solubility. Its development was a key milestone in providing a reliable and cost-effective alternative to the natural oil, securing a permanent place in the modern perfumer's palette.

The remarkable substantivity and versatile nature of this material make it a true workhorse in fragrance creation. It performs reliably across diverse applications, from fine fragrances to personal care and air care products. In a composition, it anchors and magnifies woody accords, imparts a creamy texture to floral bouquets, and provides a smooth, elegant foundation for amber and oriental themes. Perfumers often use it from just 1% to enhance other woody notes, or upwards of 10% to establish a dominant sandalwood theme. Known also as Sandiff, it blends seamlessly with cedarwoods, ionones, and musks, creating a lasting and comforting woody-musk dry down that is both classic and contemporary.