I have only tried one sandalwood cream before TOBS which was AOS. I love the AOS scent and performance is great too. I've read so much about TOBS and how so many people like it that I had to order some. I opened it up and had a huge disappointment. It smells like baby powder, old man, old woman, and more on the feminine side to my nose. At first I thought I was crazy but after doing some more searches there are a few other threads with people describing it like this. Of course smell is subjective however in one youtube review one guy ranked AOS #2 and TOBS #1 which I can't understand. To me they are not similar scents at all, if AOS is sandalwood then TOBS is something else, and vice versa. The performance of TOBS is fantastic, superior to AOS imo. If anyone is considering TOBS Sandalwood and you like AOS just know they are very different (unless my sniffer isn't working lol).