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What is the Jasmine Oil made of?

French Perfume Jasmine, Poets jasmine (Jasminum officinale)

✨ What is the Jasmine Oil made of?
  • 🌞 French Perfume Jasmine, or Poets jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is the most popular jasmine in the world as it is the source of the original Jasmine essential oil.
  • 🌞 There are two varieties - with single flower (Jasminum x grandiflorum - it has larger size flower and is more rare) and double flower ( Jasminum officinale Flore Pleno). They are very hard to tell apart when not in bloom as the leaves look the same, but the flowers differ (see video).
  • 🌞 Essential oil of this jasmine is one of the most important components in perfumery.
  • 🌞 Grown in the perfume fields of Southern France.
  • 🌞 Semi-evergreen to deciduous vine with lots of fragrant white flowers in spring, summer, and fall.
  • 🌞 Drought tolerant and hardy, it has good tolerance to a wide range of temperatures and is easily maintained in pots.
  • 🌞 Jasmine associates nicely with climbing roses, honeysuckle or clematis, but it looks superb grown on its own.


🎥 The difference between the double and single flower varieties.

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How to grow your own Chanel #5

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

🌞 How to grow your own Chanel #5.
  • ✨ Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree is a highly sought-after plant fragrant small tree.
  • ✨It stays compact with a lovely tree-like shape.
  • ✨ Flowers smell just like the full-size Ylang-Ylang (source of Chanel#5 perfume fragrance), though the fragrance may be lighter in less humid conditions.
  • ✨Starts flowering right away and blooms year-round in warm conditions.
  • ✨ Thrives as a container- and houseplant. Needs bright light for profuse flowering.


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Fun Fact: what Bougainvillea is thornless and grows as a tree

Bougainvillea arborea

Bougainvillea arborea

Bougainvillea arborea

Bougainvillea arborea

😳 Fun Fact: what Bougainvillea is thornless and grows as a tree

💜 Bougainvillea arborea is a rare gem with fragrant lavender-pink blooms and no thorns! Its slow, compact growth naturally forms a charming tree shape, and best of all, it doesn’t need pruning—perfect for low-maintenance gardens.
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Fun Fact: Lemon-Scented Climbing Ylang-Ylang

Artabotrys siamensis - Climbing Ylang-Ylang Vine

Artabotrys siamensis - Climbing Ylang-Ylang Vine

Artabotrys siamensis - Climbing Ylang-Ylang Vine

Artabotrys siamensis - Climbing Ylang-Ylang Vine

🍋 Fun Fact: Lemon-Scented Climbing Ylang-Ylang

✨ Artabotrys siamensis - Climbing Ylang-Ylang, is a fragrant beauty that can either climb as a woody vine or be trimmed into a lush shrub. Its lemon-scented flowers are a delightful aromatic treat, making it a versatile and enchanting addition to your garden.

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What is the biggest Gardenia flower? Tahitian Gardenia is as big as your hand!

Gardenia taitensis "Heaven Scent"

✋ What is the biggest Gardenia flower? Tahitian Gardenia is as big as your hand!
  • 💮 Gardenia taitensis "Heaven Scent" has a double flower up to 6" in diameter!
  • 💮 This hybrid is very rare and hard to find.
  • 💮 The intoxicating sweet fragrant blossoms are creamy white works of art.
  • 💮 Huge double flowers up to 5-6" in diameter and large glossy oval leaves.
  • 💮 Perfect container plant


❓ What is your favorite Gardenia? Share in comments👇

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Why Champaka tree is such a popular perfume tree

Joy Perfume tree - Magnolia (Michelia) champaca

🏆 Why Champaka tree is such a popular perfume tree
  • 🏵 The flowers from Champaka, or Joy Perfume tree (Magnolia (Michelia) champaca) - are used to make the world's most expensive perfume 'Joy' and smell like fruity bubble gum... you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower!
  • 🏵 Sacred tree of India and SE Asia. The flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women.
  • 🏵 The tree is very compact for both landscapes and containers. It has bushy, yet columnar shape. Can be grown in container with minimal pruning.
  • 🏵 Blooms on and off several times a year. Relatively cold hardy, but requires regular watering.


🎥 Yellow Champaka in bloom. This tree is 3 years old.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:
Flower of the most expensive perfume
White Champaka
Article about Champaka

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How old is Southern Magnolia?

Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia

🦕 How old is Southern Magnolia? 95 million years old!
  • 💮 #Fun_Facts: Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, is a unique and ancient flowering plant dating back about 95 million years to the time of the dinosaurs!
  • 💮 Its beautiful, large perfumed flowers are "primitive" and evolved before bees existed, relying on beetles for pollination. The tough petals and reproductive parts are a result of adapting to beetle activity.
  • 💮 Another fascinating feature is its cone-like fruit, which contains striking bright red seeds. These seeds are covered in a fleshy coating that attracts birds and small mammals, aiding in their dispersal, making the magnolia not only stunning but important for the ecosystem.


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Plumeria flowers, frangipani, and a cat

Plumeria flowers, frangipani, and a cat

🌸 Why Perfumed Plumeria is tricky

😳 #Fun_Facts: Plumeria flowers, also known as frangipani, are famous for their sweet fragrance and vibrant colors. A fun fact is that despite their lovely scent, the flowers are actually devoid of nectar! They trick pollinators, such as moths, into visiting them in search of food, aiding in pollination without offering a reward.

🪷 Enjoy the fragrant blooms!

📚 How to grow a fragrant Plumeria

🛒 Choose from fantastic colors of Plumeria

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What tree to plant for wonderful fragrance?

Magnolia (Michelia) champaca x Alba

💄 What tree to plant for wonderful fragrance?
  • 🏵 Champaka - Joy Perfume Tree is in full bloom in our garden (in the video: var. Alba). The fragrance is smelled yards away! It is filling the air around.
  • 🏵 The flowers from this tree - Magnolia (Michelia) champaca - are used to make the world's most expensive perfume 'Joy' and smell like fruity bubble gum 🎀... you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower!
  • 🏵 Sacred tree of India and SE Asia, its flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women.
  • 🏵 Perfect small landscape tree of a columnar shape. Ideal for containers.
  • 🏵 Relatively cold hardy
  • 🏵 Rare collectible, a gem of any plant collection!


📚 See earlier post about Champaka Tree

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What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

💥 What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine
  • 🌸 Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense: absolutely NEW perfume plant! It is becoming one of the most wanted in rare fragrant plant market.
  • 🌸 This amazing flower was originally obtained in Thailand.
  • 🌸 Beautiful striped red-and-white flowers are highly fragrant. Fragrance is the most intense you can imagine and is much better than all jasmines and gardenias all together.
  • 🌸 The plant is very similar to plumeria in growth habit (and is close related to Plumeria). It grows into a small tree. Unlike Plumeria, it is evergreen in warm climate.
  • 🌸 Beautiful mauve colored leaves are very ornamental.
  • 🌸 Slow growing, compact plant, great for containers. Very undemanding and has low water needs.


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