Review by dernier_cri
I remember distinctly the thrill of being able to drink jasmine scented tea at the Chinese restaurant when I was a kid. At that time in my young life this represented the height of oriental exoticism and I think remained so at least until years later when I got my first Korean girlfriend. To this day the smell of jasmine tea brings back those romantic and mysterious feelings I felt back then. Jasmines and jasmine fragrances are all so different whether soliflores or jasmine centered or non-centered and this one, Yasmin, is different still. It smells delicious in it's tiny sample jar. On the skin your first reaction may leave you wondering whether Felix took a leak in the perfume pot. It's maybe not the cat pee smell of a good sauvignon blanc but it's not unpleasant. It's a healthy buttery cat pee. Indolic as it is there is a warm outdoor summer quality to Yasmin. Think of lying in a fragrant haystack warmed in the summer sun. (Maybe the cat is nosing around looking to do his business.) There's an astringent mildly bitter backnote also reminiscent of freshly cut vegetation. The outdoorsyness of this fragrance is entirely in keeping with it's being all natural. The "floral" note seems to float lightly over the vegetal background. You catch a little here and there. Unfortunately the beauty of this component like the cherry blossom is not long with us. Don't expect the transcendent. Just expect a rewarding jasmine experience. Much more so than some of the jasmine absolutes available.
