Jasmine is the nocturnal queen of flowers — the blossoms must be picked before dawn, when their scent is most intense. True jasmine absolute has an indolic, almost animalic quality beneath its sweetness that gives it a carnal edge no other floral possesses. It takes 8,000 hand-picked flowers to produce one gram of absolute.
Sweet, rich, intensely floral with a distinctive indolic (slightly dirty, animalic) undertone that gives it depth and sensuality. Jasmine sambac is headier and more tropical; grandiflorum is more elegant and refined. Both are intoxicating.
Jasmine communicates confident sensuality — not shy or coy, but assured and magnetic. It's the scent of someone comfortable in their own skin and unafraid of emotional intensity.