Orange Jessamine
Note Profile
About
Orange jessamine is the flower of Murraya paniculata, a Rutaceae shrub. It smells of jasmine crossed with orange blossom and it is not citrus fruit. The one perfumer who has tinctured it says the jasmine sweetness arrives without indole, which is what separates it from true jasmine absolute.
Scent Profile
Orange Jessamine smells like jasmine crossed with orange blossom, sweet and floral rather than like citrus fruit. The citrus quality here is the blossom itself, not zest or juice.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Materials That Can Make This Note
Perfumers can build Orange Jessamine from materials such as:
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Benzaldehyde almond · cherry · cinnamon
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Phenylacetaldehyde hyacinth · honey · rose
Smell words come from published sources.
Allergens perfumes with this note can list: Bitter almond, Linalool
A given perfume with this note may use some of these, or something else, and may or may not contain the allergens above.
Origin
Murraya paniculata is a shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae, the citrus family, and it flowers all year in small fragrant clusters. It is the same family as Citrus but a different genus, and no part of the fruit is involved. No supplier of an absolute or a concrete was found. The only first-hand perfumery account found is a natural perfumer's own tincture of the flowers.
Usage in Perfumery
Three Parfumo placements across three brands and none on Fragrantica, so this is a thin name carried by a few houses rather than shared vocabulary. It reads as a heart floral in the orange-blossom register.
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Perfumes featuring Orange Jessamine
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