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Family distiller since 2017

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Indian & Australian sandalwood · Distilled in Vietnam · B2B global supply

Preserving the ancient traditions of Indian sandalwood, delivering precision, quality and reliability.

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Close-up of split sandalwood heartwood grain
Cross-section of a sandalwood log showing the dark heartwood
Annual output
3.5 – 4 tof essential oil distilled each year
Stills
5 stillsdedicated to sandalwood
Testing
Every batchprofiled by GC-FID before release
Standard
ISO gradefor every essential oil we produce

Marigold

A family distiller dedicated to sandalwood

Founded in 2017, supplying sandalwood essential oil to B2B customers worldwide.

Marigold Global Resources is a family business built on decades of Indian sandalwood savoir-faire. We work with two species grown in Australia, Australian sandalwood under wild-collection licence and Indian sandalwood from managed plantations. We distil them at our own facility in Vietnam and supply sandalwood essential oil to B2B customers across India, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and China.

We built Marigold to deliver reliable & certified sandalwood essential oil across the world.

A Marigold craftsman desapping a sandalwood log by hand with a mallet

Three core pillars

What we stand on, from the tree to the drum.

01

Heritage & Expertise

Decades of Indian sandalwood savoir-faire. Desapping by hand, the traditional Indian method. Heartwood only in the still. Our method 02

Quality & Process

Dedicated runs per species, a lab on site, a GC-FID profile on every batch before release. Process and quality 03

Reliability & Service

Long-term supply partners, a 2-year wood stock buffer, a European point of contact. Supply and certifications

Source

One country.
Two species.
Two very different stories.
Both fully traceable.

We work with sandalwood from Australia, the most tightly regulated sandalwood jurisdiction in the world. Every kilo that enters our facility arrives with documentation: species, origin, harvest licence, and chain of custody.

Stack of desapped Indian sandalwood heartwood logs

Indian Sandalwood

Santalum album

Plantation grown. Australia. Zero wild harvest.

The species that built sandalwood's reputation, and nearly lost it. Wild S. album is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. That is exactly why we don't touch it. Our S. album comes from managed plantations in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, established specifically to take pressure off wild populations.

How trees are selected

Plantation trees are harvested on maturity, when heartwood development and essential oil profile reach specification. Selection is made by the plantation operator on a managed rotation, not on demand pressure.

What happens to the land

Harvested plantation blocks are rotated into other agricultural production as part of the landholder's crop cycle. It is working farmland, managed as such.

Pieces of Australian sandalwood showing the heartwood rings

Australian Sandalwood

Santalum spicatum

Licensed wild collection. Western Australia.

S. spicatum grows across the Western Australian rangelands and is classified Least Concern by the IUCN. Wild collection is permitted, but only under strict licence.

How the wild forest is managed

Four seedlings for every cut. The licence condition is simple and non-negotiable. Regeneration isn't a marketing line here. It is a legal condition of supply.

At a glance

SpeciesIndianSantalum albumAustralianSantalum spicatum
Common nameIndian SandalwoodAustralian Sandalwood
OriginNT & WA, AustraliaWA, Australia
SourcePlantationLicensed wild collection
IUCN statusVulnerableLeast Concern
CITESNot listedNot listed
RegenerationManaged plantation rotation4 seedlings per tree harvested

The partners we work with

We work through long-term supply relationships with a small, known group of partners. Every supplier goes through:

  1. 01

    A due diligence questionnaire covering legality, labour practices, environmental management and Access & Benefit Sharing.

  2. 02

    Documented harvest authorisation: plantation records or wild-collection licence.

  3. 03

    Ongoing monitoring against our supplier KPIs, with corrective actions tracked to closure.

Heritage & expertise

Desapping. By hand, the old way.

Sapwood carries almost no santalol. Separating it cleanly from heartwood is the single decision that sets the ceiling on final essential oil quality.

We do it in Vietnam, in our own facility, by hand, using the traditional Indian method of desapping.

No machine reads a log the way a trained hand does. A blade follows the grain, the sapwood comes away, and what goes into the still is heartwood and nothing else. It is slower. It is more expensive. It is also the reason our yields and our santalol figures hold up.

A craftsman splitting sandalwood by hand
A craftsman working a sandalwood log at the bench
Facility
3,000sqm facility
Stills
5dedicated stills
Cycle
8 – 10day distillation cycles
Runs
27distillations a year
Output
3.5 – 4 tessential oil output a year

Distillation

Steam distillation.
Separate batches.

  • MethodLow-pressure steam distillation
  • StillsFive dedicated stills
  • StandardEvery grade produced meets ISO specification
Two team members checking a still
Loading sandalwood into a still

Segregation

Segregation is the control that matters

Both species run through the same facility, so keeping them apart is our most important protocol.

  1. 01

    Dedicated runs per species

    S. album and S. spicatum are never distilled together, and never in the same run.

  2. 02

    Full equipment cleandown

    Between species changeovers, following documented protocol.

  3. 03

    Unique batch coding

    From raw material intake through to finished drum, every batch traceable to its consignment and origin.

  4. 04

    GC-FID verification

    Confirms species identity before release. If the profile doesn't match, the batch doesn't ship.

Quality

We test in-house, on every batch, before anything leaves.

What we test

Every batch is profiled by GC-FID before release. Species identity is confirmed chromatographically, not assumed from the paperwork.

GC-FID chromatogram results on the lab computer Optical rotation testing equipment in the Marigold laboratory A lab technician filtering sandalwood essential oil Refractive index testing bench in the Marigold laboratory

Shipped with every order

  • Certificate of Analysis (CoA) with batch number
  • MSDS
  • SDS
  • GC-FID chromatogram

Available on request

  • Certificate of Origin
  • Allergen declaration
  • Palm oil declaration
  • Food grade declaration
  • Natural origin declaration
  • California Proposition 65 declaration
  • CMR declaration
  • Traceability documentation, batch back to origin
  • Halal & Kosher declarations
  • IFRA statement
  • BSE & TSE declaration
  • GMO declaration
  • Continuing Product Guarantee

We provide other product regulatory documents too.

Products

Our essential oils

Two species, two signatures. Both ISO grade.

Marigold Indian sandalwood essential oil in an amber bottle beside a flask Australian sandalwood essential oil in laboratory glassware beside an aluminium bottle and smelling strips

Indian Sandalwood Essential Oil

Santalum album

Warm, creamy, long-lasting. The classic sandalwood signature.

Specification, Indian Sandalwood Essential Oil
Botanical nameSantalum album L.
OriginAustralia, plantation grown
Part usedHeartwood & roots
MethodSteam distillation (double distilled)
StandardISO grade
Total santalolsISO grade
α-santalol41–55%
β-santalol16–24%
CAS84787-70-2
ApplicationsFine fragrancePersonal careAromatherapyIncense

Australian Sandalwood Essential Oil

Santalum spicatum

Drier, brighter, more resinous. A distinct character in its own right, not a substitute.

Specification, Australian Sandalwood Essential Oil
Botanical nameSantalum spicatum (R.Br.) A.DC.
OriginAustralia, licensed wild collection
Part usedHeartwood & roots
MethodSteam distillation (double distilled)
StandardISO grade
Total santalols15–30%
CAS8024-35-9
ApplicationsFine fragrancePersonal careAromatherapyIncense
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Also in our catalog

Co-products and bespoke runs, on request.

Reliability & service

Supply security & service

Two years of wood & essential oil in stock.
1 contact in Europe to talk to.

We hold a two-year wood stock buffer and 300 to 500 kg of essential oil, through long-term relationships with a small, known group of suppliers. Buyers deal with a European point of contact, and get the responsiveness of a family business rather than the lead times of a large industrial player.

Aluminium drums of sandalwood essential oil in stock

Certifications & compliance

Third-party certifications

UEBTUnion for Ethical BioTrade

UEBT is the benchmark for companies sourcing ingredients from nature. It examines everything: biodiversity, fair supplier relationships, working conditions, community benefit, and legal compliance under the Nagoya Protocol.

Status: membership in progress

Our roadmap

  1. CompleteFoundationEthical sourcing policy, supplier code of conduct, human rights and labour policies.
  2. CompleteRisk mappingFull risk register across our sourcing base: biodiversity, cultivation and wild collection, human rights, community well-being, governance.
  3. CompleteSupplier due diligenceQuestionnaires, traceability records and Access & Benefit Sharing documentation across our supply base.
  4. OperatingMonitoring & evaluationKPI tracking, supplier monitoring, corrective action management.
  5. OngoingContinuous improvementAnnual review, targets, third-party verification.

EcoVadis

EcoVadis Committed badge

Status: committed

EcoVadis assesses sustainability performance across environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. It is the standard of our international customers already use to screen their own supply chains, which means our data plugs straight into their reporting.

Food safety & product compliance

We operate a HACCP / HARPC plan covering our production process, and maintain a full declaration set for regulated markets:

  • Halal & Kosher declarations
  • IFRA statement
  • BSE & TSE declaration
  • GMO declaration
  • Continuing Product Guarantee
  • California Proposition 65 declaration
  • CMR declaration

Product standard

Every grade we produce meets ISO specification.

Two team members checking a still
A lab technician filtering sandalwood essential oil
A Marigold craftsman desapping a sandalwood log by hand with a mallet

Our people

A team on permanent contracts.

  • Annual employment contracts

    For our whole production team.

  • Guaranteed 13th-month salary

    Twelve months plus a full month's salary as bonus.

  • Above the regional minimum

    Wages set above the statutory minimum for our province.

  • Health insurance covered

    For every employee.

  • A 5-day paid holiday each year

    In Vietnam, for employees and their families.

  • Every birthday celebrated

    For every employee.

The plant

We are investing in the facility.

Two projects are targeted for 2027.

  • Wastewater filtration upgrade

    Improving treatment of distillation condensate and process water.

  • Biomass boiler conversion

    Converting our boiler burner to waste-wood biomass fuel, with new stainless steel pipeline installation, cutting fossil fuel dependency in the highest-energy part of our process.

The Marigold facility in Long Hau Industrial Park, Vietnam

Contact us.

We work with fragrance houses, cosmetic manufacturers and traders who need sandalwood they can document to their customers, their auditors, and their own sustainability reporting.

Tell us what you need and we will answer.

European point of contact

contact@marigoldgrco.com