Sandalwood, one of the basic fragrant woods used in incense, is both fragrant and aids the burning. Most Indian incense will have some proportion of sandalwood. Chandan is Sanskrit for sandalwood, and is a common name for Indian sandalwood incense.
Sandalwood has been so widely used in India for perfumes and incense, that the true sandalwood tree is now a protected species, and most sandalwood comes from other trees and plants, or even from synthetic sources, such as the chemical IBCH.
The scent is warm and woody, often sweet and kinda sexy with elements of musk and amber, and may be earthy and leathery. There's also often a sort of creamy, milky association with the scent. It's generally a soft scent, not harsh or intrusive, and at its best will be genuinely beguiling.
From Wikipedia:
Sandalwood is the name of a class of fragrant woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods they retain their fragrance for decades. As well as using the harvested and cut wood, essential oils are also extracted from the woods for use. Both the wood and the oil produce a distinctive fragrance that has been highly valued for centuries. Consequently, the slow-growing trees have been over-harvested in many areas.
From Botanical.com:
The trees are felled or dug up by roots; the branches are worthless, so are cut off. It is usual to leave the trunk on the ground for several months for the white ants to eat away the sap wood, which is also of no value; it is then trimmed and sawn into billets 2 to 2 1/2 feet long and taken to mills in the forests, where it is again trimmed and sorted into grades. It is heavy, hard, but splits easily; colour light yellow, transverse sections yellow to light reddish brown, with alternating light and dark concentric zones nearly equal in diameter, numerous pores, and traversed by many very narrow medullary rays. Odour characteristic, aromatic, persistent; taste peculiar, strongly aromatic. Indian Sandalwood is a Government monopoly.
Excellent resource:
Fragrantica.com
Reviews
Aargee Imperial Kashmir Dec 2023 - Score: 48↓↑ |
Goloka Chandan April 2013 - Score: 46 |
Nandita Wood Spice (M) Aug 2023 - Score: 44↑=↓↓ |
Hari Darshan Sandalwood (M) Feb 2024 - Score: 44 |
Goloka Chandan Dhoop Cones April 2018 - Score: 45 |
Balaji Pure Sandal Premium Dhoop Sticks (D) Sept 2023 - Score: 40 |
Satya Super Sandal Dhoop Cones June 2017 - Score: 40 |
Ramakrishna's Natural Handmade Incense Sticks Sandalwood (M) Feb 2024 - Score: 38 |
GR International (Sandesh) Sandalo/Sandal (P) Jan 2024 - Score: 38↓↓↑↑↓ |
Om Brand Vedamrut Saffron Sandal (M) Feb 2024 - Score: 37 |
Goloka Krishna Priya Chandan Jan 2016 - Score 36 |
BIC Sandal Wood Incense Sticks (P) Oct 2023 - Score: 36 |
Heera Pure Chandan (M) April 2023 - Score: 34 |
Sai Gold Sandal (sticks) Jan 2016 - Score: 34 |
Sai Gold Sandal (dhoops) Jan 2016 - Score: 34 |
Tulasi Sandalwood Masala Incense (PM) March 2024 - Score: 33↑ |
HEM Precious Chandan Cones Jan 2019 - Score:33 |
March 2021 - Score: 33 |
Balaji Chandan Oct 2023 - Score: 31 |
Feb 2024 - Score: 31 |
Siro Yellow Sandalwood (P) Feb 2024 - Score: 31 |
Damodaras Bhagwandas Sugandhi Special Chandan (M) Feb 2024 - Score: 30 |
Krishnan Chandan April 2013 - Score: 30 |
Pan Aroma Sandalwood Dec 2014 - Score: 30 |
Bloome Incense Indian Sandalwood Feb 2017 - Score: 30 |
Zed Black Premium Sandal Agarbatti (M) Oct 2023 - Score: 29 |
Sifcon 20 Sandalwood April 2019 - Score: 29 |
Feb 2013 - Score: 29
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Om Brand Trishala Chandan (P) Feb 2024 - Score: 28 |
SAC Chandan Incense Sticks Jan 2024 - Score: 27 |
March 2023 - Score: 26 |
Satya (Mumbai) Natural Sandal Sept 2020 - Score: 25 |
Stamford Sandalwood May 2013 - Score: 25 |
GR International Chandan Incense Cones April 2018 - Score: 25 |
SAC (Sandesh) Sandalwood April 2017 - Score: 25 |
Cycle Brand Heritage Chandanam Jan 2023 - Score: 24 |
Darshan Sandal cones Sept 2013 - Score: 24 |
May 2013 - Score: 24
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Shoyeido Daigen-Koh (Great Origin) Jan 2022 - Score: 22 |
May 2013 - Score 22
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Aargee Sandalwood (tube series) Dec 2015 Score 22 |
Stamford Natura Sandalwood July 2018 - Score: 20 |
Darshan Love in Life Sandalwood May 2015 - Score: 20 |
Sifcon Golden Buddha Sandalwood Dec 2019 - Score: 20 |
Jan 2023 - Score: 20 |
Ranga Rao Cycle Brand Lia Chandanam (P) Feb 2024 - Score: 20 |
Indian's Sandal (P) Feb 2024 - Score:20↓ |
ScentedAndMore Unboxed Sandalwood Cones Jan 2023 - Score: 19 |
Hari Om Divine Incense Chandan (P) Jan 2018 - Score: 17 |
Vaishnodevi Chandan Dhoop Feb 2013 - Score: 10 |
Nikhil's Nature's Blessings Sandal (P) Feb 2024 - Score: 09 |
Scents: 49
Top score: 46
Top score: 46
Low score: 09
Average: 29
Average top five: 44
Overall score: 36
Average top five: 44
Overall score: 36
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