Jasmine Sambac Absolute

Olfactory family

Primary: Floral

Secondary: White floral · Green · Animalic

Olfactory profile

Opens green and tea-like, noticeably drier than Jasminum grandiflorum and without its fruity-banana facet. The heart is a full white floral with a firm indolic core — the animalic, slightly overripe quality that gives jasmine its narcotic weight and, at higher dosage, its capacity to dominate. It settles into a warm, faintly leathery floral trace. The material is powerful on the blotter and quite different in a formula: what reads as heavy neat becomes luminous at low percentages.

Facets

White floralGreenTeaIndolicNarcoticWaxy

Character

Intense, diffusive and rich. Assertive at any meaningful concentration — a material that sets the direction of a formula rather than supporting one.

Botanical origin

Origin

Trade designation: Jasmine Sambac Absolute

Documented origin: India — Tamil Nadu

Manufacturer: Bernard.

Extraction method

Solvent extraction of freshly picked flowers to a concrete, followed by alcohol washing to the absolute — the method defining the “absolute” designation used by the manufacturer.

Specifications

Documentation available

Use in perfumery

Position: Heart note · structural material

The natural core of a white floral accord. Also used at trace level as a modifier, where a fraction of a percent adds body and radiance to florals that would otherwise read thin. In tea and green compositions it supplies both the floral and the slightly dirty counterweight that keeps them from turning simple.

Effect in composition

Adds volume, naturalness and radiance. Introduces an animalic depth that increases the perceived richness of a formula, and holds a floral heart together through the mid-phase.

Blends well with

Olfactory affinities — not a statement of shared sourcing.

• Rose Otto — Bulgarian — the classical rose-jasmine bouquet
• Mimosa Absolue Naturelle — softens the indolic edge
• Iris China Butter Absolute — powdery restraint
• Agarwood / Oud Oil — jasmine-oud constructions
• Oakmoss INCO 20 — floral chypre
• Blackcurrant Bud Absolute — green-fruity lift

Perfumer’s perspective

Sambac is the choice when a jasmine needs to read green and tea-like rather than lush and fruity — it sits more comfortably in modern, restrained briefs than grandiflorum does. It is also one of the most practical references here for anyone scaling a formula beyond sample volumes.

Availability and ordering

Status: Available.

Sizes from 1 g to 100 g can be ordered directly; the 1 g size serves as an evaluation sample. Partial lots and multi-kilogram quantities are available on enquiry — use Request a quote or write to info@ambreroyale.de.