Here in Northern California, we mostly get pink jasmine instead of the regular white kind. It looks like regular jasmine, but the buds are pinkish-red before they bloom:
It's so popular, at least here in Berkeley, that it's tough to walk a block without passing at least a house or two with pink jasmine climbing their fences. Walking around, I usually smell it before I see it. It's very heady and doesn't smell at all like the regular jasmine used in perfumes or jasmine tea. It mostly smells like a sweet combination of banana and vanilla, with little or no indoles. It's creamy and "white", but quite candied (kind of like how real jasmine oil can smell like bubble gum - pink jasmine has a banana milkshake thing going on).
The only scent I know that's based on this pink jasmine is L'Artisan's Vanilia.
I'm loving this smell - anyone got any recommendations? Please no candied fruity florals (ironic, I know, because I'm describing a flower that basically smells fruity
).
It's so popular, at least here in Berkeley, that it's tough to walk a block without passing at least a house or two with pink jasmine climbing their fences. Walking around, I usually smell it before I see it. It's very heady and doesn't smell at all like the regular jasmine used in perfumes or jasmine tea. It mostly smells like a sweet combination of banana and vanilla, with little or no indoles. It's creamy and "white", but quite candied (kind of like how real jasmine oil can smell like bubble gum - pink jasmine has a banana milkshake thing going on).
The only scent I know that's based on this pink jasmine is L'Artisan's Vanilia.
I'm loving this smell - anyone got any recommendations? Please no candied fruity florals (ironic, I know, because I'm describing a flower that basically smells fruity
).
