Visvesvaraya, during the year 1916 at Mysore, to extract Sandalwood Oil ... he conducted several experiments and evolved a soap perfume blend using Sandalwood oil as a base to be used in toilet ...

Sri S.G. Shastri, trained in London, pioneered the production of Mysore Sandal Soap in 1918, blending sandalwood oil with natural essential oils. The soap became India's iconic "Fragrance ...