05/20/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV
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Unsweet coca cola jasmine
Absolute Jasmine (or it is Jasmine Absolute?) opens with a Lanolin-like note, lending the composition a strange waxy texture and an oily aroma that has more in common with the fishy smell of pure silk than with floral absolutes. This (to me) beguiling topnote melts away into a bitter, peppery leather accord with dark plum and cinnamon undertones plumping it out from beneath. A spicy Coca Cola-like note is next to pull free, reminding me of the moment in Jasmin de Nuit (The Different Company) when the dark jasmine butts up against the rose, star anise, and cardamom to create a sweet, fizzing soda note that tickles the nose. In Absolute Jasmine, the tone is much more astringent – nothing sweet or creamy here – but in the meeting of jasmine and spice, much the same effect is achieved. Absolute Jasmine is a dark, serious perfume with a masculine edge. In a way, it does for jasmine what Tom Ford’s Black Violet did for violets, which was to marry the girlish sweetness of violets to a phenomenally bitter, mossy drydown – a sort of mash up between flowers and aftershave. Absolute Jasmine is a sugar-free jasmine Coca Cola perfume oil for sugar-free adults.



Top Notes
Bergamot
Cardamom
Ginger
Juniper
Mandarin orange
Peach
Pink pepper
Heart Notes
Cinnamon
Egyptian jasmine
Iris
Lily of the valley
Narcissus
Rose
Tuberose
Obsolete Burlap
Base Notes
Ambergris
Cedar
Lichen
Musk
Patchouli
Rum
Sandalwood
Vanilla
Vetiver
Przeginia





































