Nyctanthes arbortristis (night-flowering jasmine / parijat) absolute is a rich, honeyed white-floral with a warm indolic-narcotic core reminiscent of jasmine and orange blossom. It opens with a green, slightly waxy freshness and settles into a sweet, nectar-like floral warmth with faint tea and hay nuances.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 279.
Oil of Nyctanthes Arbortristis is a pale yellow to orange-yellow colored liquid.
The oil is partly water-soluble.
The oil has a fresh and strong gardenia-jasmin type odor.
The flowers are used in the flavoring of tea and the oil is used in perfumery.
An essential oil is water-distilled from the flowers. The so-called attars of Nyctanthes Arbortristis are produced in India by co-distillation of the flowers with sandalwood oil, or by extraction of the flowers with fixed oils.