Essential oils · Floral family
Jasmine sambac essential oil
Jasminum sambac
Hoa nhài · Oleaceae
Sweet, waxy, and always with an indolic layer that beginners describe as slightly dirty. That layer is what sets jasmine apart from every other white flower; take it away and all that is left is an anonymous sweetness.
The plant releases its oil on a day–night rhythm. Jasmine sambac peaks at night, so it must be picked at night or before dawn; pick at the wrong time and most of the oil is lost. That is one of the reasons jasmine absolute is expensive.
So if you see a jasmine oil that is both cheap and water-clear, what you are holding is almost certainly not jasmine.
- Plant part
- Flowers
- Method
- Solvent extraction
- Vietnamese name
- Hoa nhài
- Scent family
- Floral
- Plant family
- Oleaceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Jasmine sambac
This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.
In the scent dictionary: Nhài — a description of the smell, the compounds behind it, and how to smell it for yourself.
Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Oleaceae Jasmine grandiflorum · Osmanthus
Also from the flowers Clary sage · German chamomile · Jasmine grandiflorum · Lavandin · Lavender · Linden blossom · Lotus · Neroli
Same method: solvent extraction Benzoin · Jasmine grandiflorum · Labdanum · Lotus · Rose absolute · Vanilla