Santal Austral Matière Première 2019 Eau de Parfum

Santal Austral (Eau de Parfum) by Matière Première

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7.5 / 10 286 Ratings

A perfume by Matière Première for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is woody-creamy. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Woody

Creamy

Sweet

Spicy

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Australian sandalwood

Benzoin Siam absolute

Almond milk

Venezuelan tonka bean absolute

Florentine iris absolute

Perfumer

Aurélien Guichard

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Ratings

Scent

7.5286 Ratings

Longevity

7.8240 Ratings

Sillage

7.2239 Ratings

Bottle

7.8222 Ratings

Value for money

6.8185 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 11/25/2024.

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Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/17/2023

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Mistersiri
7 Reviews

Mistersiri

8

Creamy sandalwood signature-worthy scent

This year for my birthday I wanted to get a versatile scent that I could use opposite to my beloved Bleu de Chanel EDP, especially in colder months. Nothing wrong with BdC, it's just that since I approached the world of artistic perfumery I wanted to wear something more unique and that could match more my personality in order, for me, to get recognized with it.

I was mainly interested in a woody sandalwood fragrance, because I love this note and I am not too much into fougere or amber fragrance.
I live in a small town in Tuscany, but after I visited some locale perfumeries I couldn't find something that really convinced me: many sandalwood I tried (Tam Dao, Mojave Ghost, Santal du Pacifique) were too dry, too floral or just something I didn't feel mine. So, I decided to go to Florence to try some offers from brands that I didn't find in my town: I entered a shop to try Santal Calling by Ex Nihilo, and the super nice salesman suggested me to sample it with Santal Austral by Matiere Première on the skin and on paper. Because they seems pretty similar, I took a week to smell them again and to think about what fragrance I'd prefer the most before making the purchase, and in the end I went with Santal Austral.

First, what I loved about this creation by Matiere Première was his opening: not overly sweet, enveloping and soft enough, I can smell iris and almond milk a lot throughout up to the first five minutes after I spray.
However, the main selling point to me was the drydown, in which this creamy sandalwood blends really well with tonka bean: the result is an impressive, warm white wood scent that feels really relaxing and cozy.

The performance is better than I expected on me: very good longevity (up to 12+ hours, I could smell it after a whole day at work) and decent sillage (I received a compliment after almost 4 hours of 5 sprays on the back and side of the neck, chest area and wrists). I find this perfume versatile (even though I'd only wear this on not too hot evenings in summer) and unisex, even though the Iris here tends to lean more masculine in my opinion.

Santal Austral is a signature worthy scent by a very interesting house, and I am looking forward to wear it a lot from now on.

02/20/2022

Razvanyke
211 Reviews

Razvanyke

Helpful Review 4

Creamy goodness with Tonka

Like it says on the bottle, we talk here about Australian Sandalood which gives a very nice, inoffensive and creamy aspect to the composition.

It reminds me a bit of Sily Woods from Goldfield and Banks and to be honest they are both extremely high quality and natural smelling. The beautiful sandalwood note which Santal 33 has is not to be found here, maybe it is mixed so well with the other ingredients and it does not pop up like in Le Labo.

Sweet, romantic, shy and close to the skin sandalwood is not the summary which I would like for my perfume and unfortunately Santal Austral is matching the profile exactly. I like Silky Woods more, with its stronger projection and character.

But of course, smelling the Matiere Premiere from a paper will not offer the full spectrum of the scent as spraying it on the skin will .. so this review will be edited, in case things change.

01/30/2023

6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Kurai
387 Reviews

Kurai

4

A rare occurrence

What you see is what you get. By reading the name or the note list, you will get a pretty clear image of what to expect. A sandalwood theme with just a few notes to enhance its softer aspects. Simple but effective.

This is not purely a sandalwood scent. There is a lot of benzoin and tonka going on. For me this is a rare occurrence where I find the amount of benzoin too high for my tolerance normally, but here I sort of "get it" and I actually enjoy it. Tonka beans, idem ditto. They both pair surprisingly well with the sandal and emphasize its creamy, milky sensation without overdoing it. The effect is slightly vanillic sometimes, but not so sweet or gourmand.

For a "pure sandalwood" scent, this is a bit too diluted with other notes. On the other hand, for it to be a full-blown perfume, maybe it is lacking some florals. Overdressed or underdressed? Either way it is delicious.

10/11/2023

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Philyrae
21 Reviews

Philyrae

4

An Alternative Sandalwood

Damning with praise, my highest compliments for this is what it is *not*. This is not anything like Santal 33 or any of its imitators. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with Santal 33 but many of its detractors find it dusty, dirty, and screechy. Well, the wood here in Santal Austral is instead highly polished, cleanly cut, glossy, lacquered, and sings with sweetness all the way through.

And boy, is it sweet. Everything from this house turns super sweet on my skin, but YMMV. What some people have mentioned as cotton candy sweetness and/or rubber in the opening of Matiere Premier fragrances I get as a bubblegum & medical machine plastic.

I get the iris, benzoin and tonka notes in this but only a hint of nuttiness rather than almond milk per se. This is a unique sandalwood worth checking out but unfortunately the level of sweetness is overwhelming on me.

10/06/2023

ScentStudio
147 Reviews

ScentStudio

2

Lovely sandalwood

Santal Austral is fresh, yet buttery on paper. It is very light and begs for the season to turn into spring! Iris is quite elusive, sometimes it's all I can smell, sometimes the fragrance fuses into a tonka and sandalwood mixture.

On skin, Santal Austral leads with sandalwood. The fragrance is much woodier than on paper and has a powdery note. Iris is not detectable, but tonka bean slowly emerges after dry down.

Something about Matiere Premiere perfumes is so wonderful, yet I am not becoming addicted to any of them. I am halfway through the sample set and I have yet to fall completely in love with one of the fragrances. Enough for it to become a need-to-have.
After dry down, Santal Austral is milky, light, buttery, yet fresh on paper. On my skin, the fragrance has become a sweeter, buttery amber, very endearing. I should be craving having this perfume in my collection, but I can be without. This seems to be the recurring theme with Matiere Premiere. Have any of you had the same experience?
I gave this fragrance a few more goes than the others - something about it speaks to me and I really want to become addicted to it. I could smell it on my clothes for days, but Santal Austral remains as if just a memory when I think of it. It has elements of Baccarat Rouge 540, but I have become blind to that precious fragrance and Santal Austral replicates what my nose picks up quite eerily so.

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