Jasmine Auriculatum Absolute

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Jasmine auriculatum does not smell like the jasmine you know. The first impression is green, grassy, and almost gardenia-like, with a surprising frankincense-like top note and rich balsamic warmth underneath. It is the most herbaceous and least conventionally floral of the three commercial jasmines. Use it to bring green complexity to white floral compositions — it lifts jasmine accords out of the familiar and into the exotic. It pairs beautifully with tuberose, ylang ylang, and frankincense. A few drops add tropical depth and waxy richness to any floral heart. Three jasmines, three entirely different flowers. Grandiflorum is the classic — clean, fruity, universally floral — while sambac is headier, more indolic, with orange blossom facets and narcotic richness. Auriculatum stands apart from both: greener, more gardenia-like, with a frankincense-balsamic dimension neither of the others possess. Show more