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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.
The market for Jasmine runs from body mist to otto extrait.
Chanel, Guerlain and niche counters share a family and disagree on dose.
Houses
- Chanel — Grasse jasmine contracts and No. 5.
- Jean Patou — Joy’s jasmine ledger.
- Guerlain — Samsara and older extras.
- Serge Lutens — A La Nuit.
- Tom Ford — Jasmin Rouge and Private Blend whites.
- Firmenich — Hedione as infrastructure.
Price bands
- Hedione eau — Designer freshness; little absolute.
- Designer jasmine EDP — Benzyl acetate + some abs.
- Niche sambac — Night portraits, Lutens-weight.
- Grasse-load extrait — Chanel / Patou economic descendants.
Trends
- Transparent jasmine — Hedione HC and tea.
- Named fields — Partner-farm branding.
- Sambac attar chic — Indian night in European niche.
- Low-indole office — Jasmine without mothballs.
Stats
- Night chemistry — Indole and esters rise after dusk.
- Hedione ubiquity — Present in a huge share of post-1970 launches.
- Grasse volumes — Tiny versus Egyptian absolute tonnage.
- Two species rule — Most briefs specify grandiflorum or sambac, not “jasmine”.
Price is not quality; it is harvest, IFRA and a story about Jasmine.
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