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Jasmine absolute, Grasse
Say itJasmine absolute, GRAHS
Soft, full, creamy jasmine, gentler and more rounded than Indian or Egyptian.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from solvent-extracted jasmine flowers from the last fields around Grasse, France.
- When you smell it
- Heart: the first hours.
- What perfumers do with it
- Heritage luxury jasmine, used mainly in traces in iconic French perfumes.
- Worth knowing
- French jasmine absolute sells for around $15,000 a kilo, and most of it goes to Chanel and Dior.
- Known in
- N°5 (Chanel, 1921)
- Rules
- Limited. IFRA sensitizer limit: 0.6% in fine fragrance; EU-labeled
- Also called
- Jasmin de Grasse; French Jasminum grandiflorum absolute
Named by the house, not on the label, in 4
