Questions about
Caledonian sandalwood.

Caledonian sandalwood is Santalum austrocaledonicum, endemic to New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Against Indian Mysore sandalwood (Santalum album), it offers a drier, more mineral profile, less creamy and more structured. It is also available under For Life certification, which Mysore sandalwood is not. Our side-by-side comparison sets out both origins in detail.

For Life is an ECOCERT certification for social responsibility and fair, sustainable sourcing. LIFLOR is the first For Life certified sandalwood on the market and the only certified house in the South Pacific, audited each year. You can read the full framework on our certifications page.

Yes. We replant three trees for every tree harvested, under mandatory forestry certificate, with a nursery run since 2020 and compliance with the Loyalty Islands Province quotas. No sandalwood leaves the forest without its documentation; our sustainability approach details the replanting programme.

Dry wood, amber and faintly milky, with a mineral edge and the long persistence valued in base notes. It reads more mineral than Mysore sandalwood and more structured than Australian sandalwood. Full olfactive and technical detail sits on the product data sheet, with GC-MS on request.

We ship worldwide in twenty-kilogram drums by air freight. Minimum order quantity and pricing are confirmed after we have qualified your project, so that volumes match your formulation needs. Share the essentials through the quote request form and we will come back with terms.

Yes. Gas chromatography is run on every batch, so each lot is documented before it ships. Certificates, GC-MS analyses and technical data sheets are shared with qualified buyers on request. Our distillation process explains how each batch is sampled and logged from still to shipment.

Not at this stage. LIFLOR focuses on B2B sourcing for perfumery and cosmetics houses, supplying oil by the drum rather than by the bottle. A 15 ml retail line may follow later; follow announcements in our distillery journal to hear when it opens.

In the Chépénéhé tribe, Wetr district, on Lifou — the largest of the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia, in the South Pacific. Everything is distilled on the island, close to the forest it comes from; our distillery process shows the site and its copper still.

The team replies in English or French, within 48 business hours, directly from the distillery in Chépénéhé rather than through an intermediary. Send your question or project brief through the contact page and you will hear back from the people who distil the oil.