Sandal oil (English) sandaloil

Japanese: sandal oil(英語表記)sandaloil
Sandal oil (English) sandaloil

…It is used for Buddhist statues, artistic sculptures, small boxes, combs, and other small crafts, as well as for rosaries, and is also used as an ingredient in incense, powdered incense, and joss sticks. Sandalwood oil, obtained by steam distillation of the heartwood and roots, contains the sesquiterpene alcohol santalol as its main component and is used as a fragrance for medicines and cosmetics such as soaps. Note that the word “sandalwood” in the phrase “Sandalwood grows from futaba” refers to sandalwood, not the Meliaceae plant. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sandal oil" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…仏像,美術彫刻,小箱,櫛(くし)など小細工物,数珠などに賞用され,また薫香,抹香,線香の材料とする。心材や根材を水蒸気蒸留して得られるビャクダン油sandal oilは,主成分としてセスキテルペンアルコールのサンタロールsantalolを含有し,薬用やセッケンなど化粧品の賦香料とする。なお,〈栴檀(せんだん)は双葉より芳し〉の栴檀はビャクダンのことで,センダン科のセンダンではない。…

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