Jasmin De Pays

Unadulterated pure jasmine. I went to bloom perfumery in Covent Garden London on Sunday and this is one I sampled. Roll on Wednesday and I rewore my cashmere jumper that I have purposely hung back up and lo and behold the left sleeve I wore this on is still going strong. It has a menthol cool quality now which I would attribute to the cloves. It feels very high quality to me. I think this can be an acquired taste and you have to like jasmine to really appreciate this or otherwise it can be cloying and give off dated vibes. My partner was not keen. On my other sleeve I had Pierre guillames neroli ad Astra which I thought I liked more, as it had a more ethereal lighter quality. They’re both different. This has a very soliflore linear quality but is probably the most definitive Jasmine you’ll find. I think this is one I will eventually get. Or in a travel size as I don’t think a lot is needed at all.

Another beautiful interpretation of a single flower scent by Perris Monte carlo. This is a fresh, juicy jasmine at its peak, its sweetness being the one of the flower and nothing else. A little skanky, yes, it wouldn't be a real jasmine if it wasn't, but in a natural, pleasant way. On my skin I get a bit of burnt rubber, which somehow keeps it from turning too sweet. It smells exactly like a jasmine bush in a warm early summer evening. It is very intense and vegetal in the opening, but it quickly settles in the best jasmine-based perfume. I've been looking for this for a while and I finally found it. Only two scents come close to this: Clair-Obscur by Keiko Mecheri and Madagascan Jasmin by Grandiflora, but Perris' creation outperforms both in terms of longevity. Rogue's Jasmin Antique is a bit more indolic, but its performance is poorer as well. This is a beautiful scent.

Jasmin de Pays is a textbook indolic jasmine. It reminds me of my bottle of Molinard's Jasmin, they could be sisters. The only difference to my nose is this isn't as bright as Molinard's Jasmin but Molinard's Jasmin has a lemon top note that kind of stays throughout the duration of the fragrance and that is missing here. Personally, I think every woman should have at least one good jasmine perfume in their collection. There is just something about it that makes you want to let your hair down and be wild. Jasmine for me has a chaotic dangerous feel to it and I like to wear it when I feel untamed and unfettered. Jasmin de Pays captures jasmine and that feeling beautifully here. If you want a textbook perfect jasmine this is a good way to go.

Very nice. I'm a jasmine lover and this is a pure, almost-past-its-prime jasmine soliflor in all its sultry, corn-pudding glory. It's closest to my memory of the Diptyque Essences Incensee 2015 Jasmin edition. But, it doesn't add anything really new to the jasmines I have: Rogue Jasmin Antique (which is similar, but more "perfume-y" with a noted fuzzy, woody drydown), Grandiflora Madigascan Jasmin (which is the same jasmine bush, maybe 4 days earlier, with some green facets and the humidity still there). And then there's Lush Lust, of course, which takes the same ripe jasmine and turns the volume up to 11.

This is such a beautiful jasmine scent. It is fresh, clean, both white and green. It smells like a jasmine bush, almost jasmine tea. It has a tiiiiny note of earthiness, aaalmost like a soil or rotting leaves, but not fully, it is just a hint. It is not like your typical floral flowery petaly perfume. It is floral, obviously, but in a natural, almost leafy way.