Thanks, just wanted to check as I understand it isn't actually from the same genus as "real" jasmine nor biologically related to it, and haven't found anyone comparing its scent to sambac online.
ahhh, that's great to hear then! as I'd hate to have bought a plant that looks but doesn't smell like jasmine which is the best part of the plant I feel!
I'm going to disagree. Trachelospermum jasminoides smells more like artificial jasmine perfume or jasmine base. (synthetic). Jasminum officinale smells like Jasmine absolute.(genuine extracted oil) One is £5 a bottle, the other £500. It has to be said I was the only one in a room of 30 that could tell the difference. ( I was on a perfume course at Bush Boake allen who make a lot of the perfumes used in household products)
I was told it was very unusual for anyone to notice the difference. We were given jasmine base to start with. everyone agreed it smelt of jasmine, but I said there was something missing. Later I had a spill wafted under my nose with no warning. Now that is Jasmine I said. He said it was pure jasmine absolute , as used in perfumes such as Joy. Most of the perfumes we buy have the synthetic form in it, due to the cost. I like smelling perfumes and picking out the individual notes.
Smell is very personal. I can't bear the smell of regal lillies, many people love them.
I have a TJ growing on a fence below my bedroom window. On a warm summers evening the scent is lovely (but sometimes too strong and a bit sickly) and I think it smells jasmine-like, but I prefer the scent of the common-or-garden jasmine, it's not as strong but more refined and less sweet
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Trachelospermum jasminoides is jasmine so that's what it smells like
It needs a sheltered spot protected from frosts.
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Thanks, just wanted to check as I understand it isn't actually from the same genus as "real" jasmine nor biologically related to it, and haven't found anyone comparing its scent to sambac online.
To my nose the perfume from T. jasminoides is more like the intense perfume of jasmine oil than Jasminium officinale.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
ahhh, that's great to hear then! as I'd hate to have bought a plant that looks but doesn't smell like jasmine which is the best part of the plant I feel!
I'm going to disagree. Trachelospermum jasminoides smells more like artificial jasmine perfume or jasmine base. (synthetic). Jasminum officinale smells like Jasmine absolute.(genuine extracted oil) One is £5 a bottle, the other £500. It has to be said I was the only one in a room of 30 that could tell the difference. ( I was on a perfume course at Bush Boake allen who make a lot of the perfumes used in household products)
I also think that Trachelospermum is slightly more tender.
I have J. officinale growing at the side of the patio. On a hot summers day, I sit blissed out in a cloud of the scent.
I'm probably one of the other twentynine then
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was told it was very unusual for anyone to notice the difference. We were given jasmine base to start with. everyone agreed it smelt of jasmine, but I said there was something missing. Later I had a spill wafted under my nose with no warning. Now that is Jasmine I said. He said it was pure jasmine absolute , as used in perfumes such as Joy. Most of the perfumes we buy have the synthetic form in it, due to the cost. I like smelling perfumes and picking out the individual notes.
Smell is very personal. I can't bear the smell of regal lillies, many people love them.
I have a TJ growing on a fence below my bedroom window. On a warm summers evening the scent is lovely (but sometimes too strong and a bit sickly) and I think it smells jasmine-like, but I prefer the scent of the common-or-garden jasmine, it's not as strong but more refined and less sweet
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.