Botanical Name: Jasminum grandiflorum
Botanical Name: Oleaceae
Extraction Method: Absolute
Part of Plant Distilled: Flowers
Country of Origin: India
Cultivation Method: Organic
Composition: 100% Jasminum grandiflorum
Consistency: Medium viscosity
Scent Description: A mixed bouquet of sweet, sultry floral notes with elegant animalic undertones.
Blends well with: Ylang, Vetiver, Bergamot, Lemon, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Carnation, Neroli, and Magnolia.
Uses: Love potion. Improve feelings of wellbeing. Skin tonic. Emollient. A bathing beauty. The perfect perfume.
To make this grand Jasmine juice, forty pounds of petals are distilled to create an ounce of this olfactory euphoric. While Jasmine Sambac works her magic until the silvery light of the Indian moon, Jasmine Grandiflorum heralds the dawn of a new day to come. This morning flower is equally equipped with arousing charm and is also enjoyed to heighten feelings of well-being, including balancing mood and igniting creativity.
Jasmine Sambac serves as the yang to Jasmine Grandiflorum’s yin. Where grandiflorum is soft, sweet, and decidedly feminine, sambacis more robust and redolent in its fragrance and energy.
Three Ways to Play with Jasmine Grandiflorum
This opulent euphoric can be used to create the perfect perfume.
1. Use a drop or two neat and apply to wrists, neck, or temples.
2. Dilute with jojoba and apply to pulse points and hair.
3. Create an aphrodisiac massage oil using 15mls of jojoba oil. To the jojoba, add:
• 10 drops jasmine
• 10 drops sandalwood
• 5 drops ylang
• 3 drops of vanilla
“The essential oil of jasmine influences the emotional part of us. The fragrance penetrates and diminishes fear. No other essential oils is quite as capable of changing our mood so intensely. Jasmine oil does not simply lighten our mood, it brings euphoria to darkness. Jasmine is helpful for recapturing self-confidence and defeating pessimism. Jasmine offers little choice other than optimism.
~ Susanne Fischer-Rizzi, Complete Aromatherapy Handbook
“The nights are white nights for the moon shines with dazzling splendor, or in the absence of that goddess, the soft darkness creeps down laden with innumerable scents. The heavy fragrance of magnolias mingled with the delicate sweetness of jasmine and wild roses.”
~ Zora Neale Hurston
“The fragrance could be said to open the door of emotions and penetrate the soul of a person. It brings with it a feeling of confidence. Optimism, warmth, and trust.”
~ Julia Lawless, Aromatherapy and the Mind
