Jasmine

What does it smell like?

Jasmine can feel luminous and fresh or warm, honeyed and heady. Sambac often adds green and orange-blossom-like nuances.

What is it?

Flowers of Jasminum grandiflorum and Jasminum sambac provide natural perfumery extracts; jasmine is also a reconstructed floral accord.

The material

Fresh jasmine flowers.

Where does it come from?

India is a documented sambac source; grandiflorum is associated with India, Egypt and Grasse.

Types and forms

Grandiflorum and sambac differ; a generic Jasmine listing does not identify the species.

Natural and manufactured materials

Natural extracts exist, and perfumers can also reconstruct or support this scent with aroma materials. A listed note is not proof of a particular natural ingredient, species or extraction method.

How it is produced or composed

Solvent extraction produces a concrete, then an alcohol wash separates the absolute.

Its role in perfume

Often shapes the floral heart, giving fullness to bouquets and warmth to woody compositions. Pyramid positions are useful tendencies, not fixed rules or performance guarantees.

Material type

• Natural material and perfume note

Documented regions

• India
• Egypt
• France

Accords and scent relationships

• Floral
• Pairings are editorial exploration ideas, not formula rules.