Tadine CandleSensuality of Sandalwood When Englishman Edward Foxhall discovered sandalwood on the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, in 1840, it was, then, unknown in Europe. By the end of the 19th Century, the noble spiced wood had quite a pedigree: named candana in Sanskrit, or sandal in Arabic, it was used as a precious ointment for the hair and body. A remedy against anxiety, it still billows today, seamlessly embedded in the smoke of Asian incense. Head Notes: