Jasmine

Jasmine smells white, narcotic, and alive: creamy petals, indolic warmth, banana-like sweetness, green freshness, and the faint animal hum of flowers after dark. It can read luminous and bridal or lush and almost dangerous. Jasmine is essential in white florals, florientals, classic bouquets, solar perfumes, and many orientals where it links bright top notes to a rich base. In small doses it adds bloom and naturalism; in larger ones it floods a fragrance with velvet heat. Few notes move so beautifully between innocence and excess. Its unforgettable faces include the grand jasmine heart of Chanel No. 5 and the extravagant floral drama of Jean Patou Joy.