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Jasmine

Icons & legends

Eight bottles and noses that still define Jasmine.

Icons for Jasmine are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.

Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.

People

Chanel No. 5 — France
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Chanel No. 5

1921– · France

Beaux’s aldehydic floral whose heart is Grasse jasmine and May rose.

Chanel No. 5 (1921–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Chanel No. 5 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Joy — France
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Joy

1930– · France

Jasmine stacked with rose until the formula became a price legend.

Joy (1930–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Joy as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Samsara — France
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Samsara

1989– · France

Jean-Paul Guerlain’s sandalwood-jasmine temple.

Samsara (1989–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Samsara as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

A La Nuit

2000– · France

Sambac night, banana and indole — jasmine as hour, not pretty.

A La Nuit (2000–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read A La Nuit as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Jasmin Rouge

2011– · United States

Spicy red jasmine; boutique night floral.

Jasmin Rouge (2011–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Jasmin Rouge as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Hedione — Switzerland
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Hedione

1962– · Switzerland

Firmenich molecule that became the air in modern jasmine.

Hedione (1962–, Switzerland) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Hedione as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Ernest Beaux — France
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Ernest Beaux

1881–1961 · France

No. 5’s nose; Russian-French school, Grasse flowers, aldehydes.

Ernest Beaux (1881–1961, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Ernest Beaux as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Jean-Claude Ellena

1947– · France

Used hedione as watercolor; jasmine as suggestion, not paste.

Jean-Claude Ellena (1947–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Jean-Claude Ellena as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Jasmine is argued.

Debate

An icon is a brief that other Jasmine formulas still answer.

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