Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
LessMore
Last reviewed Sources & creditsMedia creditsMethodology
Quick answers
What is Jasmine?
Sambac or grandiflorum — cream by day, animal gold after dusk.
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
How should I wear Jasmine?
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Which season fits?
Warm evenings. Cold rooms turn it soapy.
Does skin chemistry change it?
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Jasmine is worn as ritual as often as it is worn as juice.
Grasse harvests, Gulf hospitality and department testers are part of the same family.
Rituals
- Grasse picking — Dawn carts and the tourist-industrial harvest.
- Gajra and mogra — Sambac strings for hair in South Asia.
- Tea-jasmine scenting — Scented teas as a parallel jasmine culture (China).
- Chanel field tours — Twenty-first-century terroir theatre.
Portrayals
- No. 5 mythology — Jasmine as the silent half of the world’s most cited perfume.
- Joy’s ledger — Patou advertised flower weight; jasmine was the expensive line item.
- Lutens night — A La Nuit as Arabic-Indian night, not Provençal noon.
- Samsara temples — Guerlain’s sandal-jasmine as spiritual kitsch and real structure.
- Hedione talk — Perfumers cite it the way cooks cite salt.
Sayings
- “Jasmine is the night” — Sambac and grandiflorum both peak after dark.
- “Hedione is air” — Lab proverb after 1962.
- “Indole is life” — Without it, jasmine reads as banana soap.
- “Grasse is a contract” — Chanel’s fields as supply-chain story.
Regions
- Grasse — Named luxury grandiflorum.
- Egypt / India — Volume absolutes for the industry.
- Kannauj — Mogra attar.
- Fuzhou / jasmine teas — Scented-tea culture as cousin, not perfume.
Culture is why Jasmine survives a reformulation.
Origins & milestonesNotes & accordsCraft & methodCulture & meaningIcons & legendsHow to wearMarket & bottles