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In 1916–17, the sandalwood oil distillery was established in Mysore by the then Mysore government (now the Karnataka government) to distil oil from sandalwood. [3] In 1977, the Mysore district had about 85,000 sandalwood trees, and production reported during 1985-86 was about 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb) of raw sandalwood.
Mysore Sandal Soap is the only soap in the world made from 100% pure sandalwood oil. [1] KSDL owns a proprietary geographical indication tag on the soap, which gives it intellectual property rights to use the brand name, to ensure quality, and to prevent piracy and unauthorised use by other manufacturers. [ 3 ]
It was founded as Government Sandalwood Oil Factory in 1916 by sosale garalapuri shastri and M. Visvesvaraya for extracting and exporting sandalwood oil. [1] It launched Mysore Sandal Soap in 1918, and has since manufactured soaps and cosmetics products. [2] [3] The company became a public sector enterprise in 1980 and was renamed as KSDL. [4] [5]
He also served as a director of industries and commerce in Mysore State. Sastry was the son of an eminent Sanskrit scholar Sosale Ayya Sastry and was educated at Central College, Bangalore. Prior to the outbreak of World War I, sandalwood was auctioned by the forest department, exported mainly to Germany where sandalwood oil was distilled.
As of 2020, Australian Sandalwood oil sells for around US$1,500 per 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), while Indian Sandalwood oil, due to its higher alpha santalol content, is priced at about US$2,500 per kg. [20] Sandalwood is often cited as one of the most expensive woods in the world, along with African blackwood, pink ivory, agarwood and ebony. [22] [23]
Sandalwood oil contains more than 90% sesquiterpenic alcohols of which 50–60% is the tricyclic α-santalol. β-Santalol comprises 20–25%. [2] [3]The composition of the oil will depend on the species, region grown, age of tree, [2] and possibly the season of harvest and details of the extraction process used.