Jasmine, 1921: No. 5 jasmine
Choose Jasmine by the note, not by the bottle photo. “No. 5 jasmine” in 1921 titles that note, and 5 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty.
Warm evenings. Cold rooms turn it soapy. Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter. IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose. No. This atlas is cultural and editorial. Fragrance can irritate; oakmoss, eugenol, citrus oils and musks are common triggers. See a clinician for reactions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, treatment or safety sheet.
Jasmine did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors. Jasminum sambac moves through South and Southeast Asia as hair and rite flower. J. grandiflorum naturalized in Provence as a perfume crop. Ernest Beaux and Chanel lock Grasse jasmine into an aldehydic monument.
On the blotter, keep 1921, “No. 5 jasmine,” and 5. Without them Jasmine blurs.1921
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1921
- Figure kept
- 5
- Scent
- Jasmine
- Trial line
- No. 5 jasmine