SANDALWOOD OILS

Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils create extraordinary essential oils.

We carefully combine Indigenous harvested wild wood from Native Title lands, Western Australian State Government wild harvested wood and sustainably managed plantation wood.

Tree roots, butts, trunks and branches – from all provenances – are distilled into oil and blended to exacting specifications to deliver truly exceptional oil varieties.

Defining Attributes

Unique to the ancient and amazing lands of Australia, Santalum Spicatum develops profoundly rich and complex oil varieties that infuse formulations – from fine fragrance to exquisite cosmetics and regenerative aromatherapy preparations – each inheriting a collection of attributes which intrinsically help set them apart from the competition.

Ancient Knowledge

Indigenous traditional use of sandalwood in the central desert of Australia can be traced back to peoples’ first interaction with flora and fauna. Australian sandalwood was activated through fire, heat releasing the active compounds and smoking the body in the pure fumes. Inhalation of active components was said to provide an alignment of mind, body and spirit prior to arduous, sensual or stressful activity. Known also for it’s powerful anti-microbial activity, poultices of ground sandalwood and herbs were applied to topical cuts and infections with the extract of the heartwood ingested for it’s healing qualities.
Outstanding Quality

We are quietly proud of the impression our customers have of our oils: that their quality shines over and above what they have grown to expect from Australian sandalwood oil. Remarkable quality means that our oils can be applied in many more ways than what spicatum has traditionally been used for and elevates the overall quality of the products they are in.
Implict Naturalness

The multi-faceted aromatic and chemical profiles derived from the broad geographic and genetic spectrum origins of our oils, means that they deliver implicit naturalness to fragrance and cosmetic formulations; triggering deeper consumer connections to the products they use. Elevated sensory perceptions of naturalness have been connected to heightened consumer experiences - which drives satisfaction, repeat use and loyalty.
Therapeutically Active

Indigenous Australians have known about the medicinal qualities of dutjahn for thousands of years. Optimum health is measured physically, emotionally, spiritually and culturally – sandalwood’s powerful therapeutic activity is considered an extremely important facilitator of wellbeing. Modern distillation and extraction methods have enabled concentration of the sacred tree’s potent essence into freely flowing golden, therapeutically active oils.
Figurative Beauty

Many perfumery components are cut sections of scent, abstract notes that are often relatively unappealing when evaluated in isolation and in real need of artistic crafting with other ingredients to become beautiful compositions. Sandalwood is one oil that stands alone with figurative beauty, easily recognisable as a majestic heart wood oil which will enhance any formulation with its presence and poise.
50% Indigenous Owned

Dutjahn, is a sacred tree that is inextricably linked to Indigenous people of Australia. The commercialisation of sandalwood oil can thus be considered an economic transaction of Indigenous culture. Making sure Aboriginal people have fair and equitable share in the sandalwood business is an ethical position that Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils promotes and has adopted, with 50% of our company owned by Indigenous Australians. Equal representation at a board level ensures our operational compass is always set to operate fairly for First Nations people, delivers demonstrable profit sharing for First Nations people and, as a result, provides our customers with the assurance of an ethical supply, that can often be difficult to source within the essential oil industry.

OIL VARIETIES

Creating a selection of oil varieties enables us to offer solutions that answer our customers’ individual needs.

As with expert perfumers and discerning consumers alike, our seasoned artisanal distillers appreciate the differences between wood provenances and tree parts, working with equal measures of craft and scientific rigor to adapt our specialized equipment accordingly – yielding the very best oils from this precious wood.

The care and respect we pour into producing oils of outstanding quality, means our own species-specific distillery is now globally recognized for its fusion of Indigenous wild harvested and plantation wood. more