Perfume From Your Garden Treasures in Two Jasmines
Perfume From Your Garden Treasures in Two Jasmines by Anya McCoy | Jan 10, 2017 | Anya's Garden Perfumes | 0 comments Jasminum auriculatum and Jasminum azoricum There are ten species and cultivars of jasmines in my gardens, and I want to share information about two very rare ones that are particularly rewarding. Jasmine auriculatum is a vine/bush with heady, green, sharp, somewhat indolic (if harvested at night) flowers. In India, this species of jasmine is called Juhi, and I first smelled the absolute in 1976 at the Magic Dragon shop in West Los Angeles. Here’s a photo of me with my young J. auriculatum vine in 2011. It was taken by my front door, but the auriculatum didn’t last there long – I had to move it. Why? Because around 10:00 PM at night, the scent would go so indolic, I thought a dog left a deposit by my front door! Sweet during the day, deadly stink at night, it had to be moved to the back fence, far from the house. The young Jasminum auriculatum vine by m