Latin names : Jasminum grandiflorum= Royal jasmine, Spanish jasmine Jasminum officinale sambac = Arabian jasmine
French names : Jasmin à grandes fleurs = Jasmin royal Jasmin sambac
Other English names : Sambac, Jessamine
Extracted from : flowers
Putting on jasmine as a perfume is a joy that quickly becomes other people's !
1 or 2 drops on painful breasts and massage.
In a face lotion : softens and moisturises dry skin and gives face a satin look
Flowery ; its sweet bouquet intrigues, enchants, captivates and attracts...
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The plant, its legends and its botany
Jasmine is an oleaceae (Family of peace olive tree). This beautiful creeper likes light, warmth and well moist soil. Its leaves are divided into small spearhead leaflets in odd groups: one as a peak and two face-to-face on the same plane. Species from which we take absolutes have white flowers like slender trumpets which become a corolla of dazzling whiteness.
Necklaces are made of jasmine. Imagine garlands of jasmine. Sit comfortably, close your eyes (ehm once you have read the sentence ...), relax for one minute and imagine your neck being covered with a jasmine necklace... Now smell the fragrance - and do so until you feel the emotion that the smell of this enveloping plant inspires you. Now, good, there is a smile on your face to reading, happiness "jasmined up" on your lips.
It is traditionally an offer to the gods on altars in temples. They are also worn during weddings and nowadays we can see sellers in the middle of the traffic in major cities, standing between the cars at full speed, giving out jasmine to perfume the air and replace the smell of petrol by the smell of the flower.It really changes one's mood and all the stress of traffic falls down abruptly.
It has to be cropped during late night (the trumpet-shaped flowers open to insects like butterflies and 90% of the world's species of butterflies fly
at night). The flowers impress with their smell and therefore perfume the air when their favourite pollinators go out. It is very delicate to harvest jasmine and experienced picker can expect to gather a maximum of 800 grams in a full hour.
1,000 kilograms (5,000 according to sources) of flowers are needed for one kilo of absolute. Cherish your bottle: Each millilitre is worth 8,000 flowers! If my calculations are correct, this brings us up close to 400 flowers per drop! It is therefore as valuable as a caress to the soul ...
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Energetic properties
Brings passion. Captivates passionately. Will make you love and want to love... Reanimates when there has been too much lethargy. Helps to find projects in life again.
Uterotonic so it should not be used on pregnant women. External use: no other contraindication. Should not be used internally as it is an absolute. Keep children out of reach. Children and pregnant women: uterotonic, so it should not be used on a pregnant woman.
