Santalum album — Mysore · Karnataka

A.003

Quiet Hour

Sandalwood · Santalum album · Mysore · Karnataka

The hour after everyone has gone home.

Mysore sandalwood — the grade the world measures sandal against, and the one most fragrances now imitate with a synthetic — held against dry orris, cardamom and a small amount of leather. It sits on the body rather than travelling. Most people will not smell it. That is the point of it.

Top · Heart · Base

TopCardamom · Pink pepper · Violet
HeartMysore sandalwood · Orris · Cedar
BaseSandalwood cream · Soft leather · White musk
On skinTen to twelve hours on skin.
TrailClose. Still on a coat collar in the morning.
Macerated8 weeks before bottling

₹11,000

Discovery set — all five at 2 ml

The 2 ml vial is ₹250, credited back against your first full bottle. Free shipping across India. Sealed bottles are returnable within 30 days; an opened bottle cannot be resealed and cannot be returned, which is why the vial exists.

The wearing

When and how A.003 is worn
HourAfter the last person leaves
SeasonAny. Best in cool, still air
LandscapeA shuttered room. Sandalwood shavings and dry iris
TextureCreamy, powdered, close
WeightSits on the skin. Does not travel
Worn forWork, sleep, and the whole ordinary day between them

The hour after everyone has gone home.

The material

Santalum album, pressed

Santalum album

The grade the world measures sandal against — warm, creamy, close to milky. Over-harvested to the point that most sandalwood in fragrance is now synthetic. This is the oil.

The full account of santalum

The record

Archive record for A.003 Quiet Hour
ArchiveA.003
NameQuiet Hour
FormulaNGR·W·03·R3
Batch0423
Macerated8 weeks
Produced2026.06
ConcentrationEau de parfum 22%
Volume50 ml
Edition300
UnitAssigned at dispatch
ComposedIndia

The archive number is assigned once and never reused. It outlives the name. The formula reference increments on every reformulation and is never reset.

How it behaves

First 20 minutes

Cardamom and a little violet over the cream underneath.

20 minutes to 2 hours

The sandalwood opens full and milky; orris keeps it dry rather than sweet.

2 hours onward

Sandalwood, soft leather and musk. It stays on wool for days.

Worn with

A.004 Ember

Quiet Hour first, then a single press of Ember. The saffron loses its metallic edge against the sandalwood cream. Use less Ember than you think.

The rituals · Wearing two

Where to begin

Five editions at 2 ml, and sixty days to decide.

A bottle is a long commitment to a smell you have met once. The discovery set is the honest way in: all five at 2 ml, ₹799, with ₹500 credited against whichever one turns out to be yours.

The discovery set

Full ingredient list

Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Linalool, Coumarin, Benzyl Salicylate, Benzyl Benzoate.

The allergens named occur naturally within the essential oils and are declared in full rather than held behind “parfum”. IFRA-compliant, batch GC/MS-verified. The profile shifts a little with each harvest. How to read a fragrance

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