{"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","about":"The input of the Perfume Autopsy for a teaching accord: its teaching variants (each labelled \"teaching variant, modeled\") and their components, read from the records named in each field. The model reuses the Causal Debugger’s model; everything it computes is modeled. Not a commercial perfume formula and not any real perfume’s formula.","accord":"white-floral-teaching-accord","name":"A white floral, indolic","version":2,"updated":"2026-09-30","disclaimer":"A teaching accord for learning: not a commercial perfume formula, not a finished perfume, not safety-assessed; do not make it for skin.","href":"/perfumery/accord/white-floral-teaching-accord.html","halfLife":{"top":1.5,"heart":6,"base":12,"ev":{"e":"modeled","n":"the site constants of the evaporation simulator on /science for limonene (its Top note), Hedione (Heart) and Ambroxan (Base); “chosen for the simulator and are not measurements”"}},"components":[{"key":"jasmine-absolute","id":"jasmine-absolute","type":"material","name":"jasmine absolute","href":"/perfumery/material/jasmine-absolute.html","onRecord":true,"role":"heart","roleEv":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Kleoff et al. (2022). Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery","h":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.76"}],"q":"Floral notes, such as rose, jasmine, orange blossom, or lavender, are typically middle notes defining the “heart” of many perfumes","c":"A","n":"the review names jasmine among the floral heart notes"},"vol":null,"volEv":{"n":"no volatility class on record for jasmine-absolute"},"desc":["floral","narcotic","animalic"],"descEv":{"e":"house interpretation","c":"C","n":"the house’s own words in the essay; no descriptor source is filed","v":"floral, narcotic, faintly animalic"},"mols":[{"id":"indole","name":"indole","ev":{"e":"perfumery convention","c":"B","n":"the page names indole as “jasmine’s signature molecule”; no GC analysis of jasmine absolute is filed, so this stays the trade’s convention"}}],"molsNote":"no constituent share on record, so no figure","thr":null,"thrNote":"a material: thresholds are filed per molecule, not per material","regs":["eu-2023-1545"],"regEv":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 of 26 July 2023 (labelling of fragrance allergens)","h":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1545/oj"}],"q":"Jasminum grandiflorum / officinale oil and extract (*4) Jasminum Grandiflorum Flower Extract;","c":"A","n":"a house review: the Regulation records that apply to it (educational summaries as of 2026-09-30; not legal advice)"},"prov":[{"t":"from Jasminum grandiflorum L.","href":"/perfumery/botanical/jasminum-grandiflorum.html","ev":{"e":"perfumery convention","c":"B","n":"the page pairs the absolute with J. grandiflorum; no filed analysis names the species of a profiled absolute"}},{"t":"grown in Tamil Nadu","href":"/perfumery/origin/tamil-nadu-in.html","ev":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), TNAU Agritech Portal, “Horticulture :","h":"https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_flower%20crops_jathimalli.html"}],"q":"Season of flowering and harvest Flowering starts from May to October.","c":"A","n":"the crop guide of Tamil Nadu’s agricultural university"}},{"t":"Methyl jasmonate reported from jasmine, 1962 (documented)","href":"/perfumery/event/methyl-jasmonate-1962.html","ev":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Wu et al. (2024). Effects of Jasmonic Acid on Stress Response and Quality Formation in Vegetable Crops and Their Underlying Molecular Mechanisms","h":"https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13111557"},{"t":"Sohn et al. (2022). Jasmonates in plant growth and development and elicitation of secondary metabolites: An updated overview","h":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.942789"}],"q":"MeJA was first discovered in 1962 and was extracted from Royal Jasmine by Demole","c":"A"}},{"t":"no price: nothing on this site is for sale","ev":{"e":"house rule","n":"the page’s “$3,000–$5,000” per kg had no source and was removed (the claims register); nothing is for sale"}}]},{"key":"benzyl-acetate","id":"benzyl-acetate","type":"molecule","name":"Benzyl acetate","href":"/perfumery/molecule/benzyl-acetate.html","onRecord":true,"role":"heart","roleEv":{"e":"perfumery convention","c":"B","n":"the trade’s top / heart / base convention for this material"},"vol":null,"volEv":{"n":"no volatility class on record for benzyl-acetate"},"desc":["jasmine"],"descEv":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Yassen et al. (2026). Comparative analysis of flower volatiles from four Jasminum species growing in Egypt using multivariate analysis","h":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39688-w"}],"q":"Benzyl acetate was the primary benzenoid ester, which exhibits a distinct jasmine aroma","c":"A","n":"the study: \"exhibits a distinct jasmine aroma\"","v":"jasmine"},"mols":[{"id":"benzyl-acetate","name":"Benzyl acetate"}],"molsNote":null,"thr":null,"thrNote":"no odour-threshold source on record","regs":[],"regEv":{"n":"no Regulation record names it"},"prov":[{"t":"occurs in jasmine absolute","href":"/perfumery/material/jasmine-absolute.html","ev":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Yassen et al. (2026). 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Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery","h":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.76"}],"q":"hedione (methyl dihydrojasmonate), … has a fresh, citric and slightly floral scent – but is commonly categorized as a middle note","c":"A","n":"the review: \"commonly categorized as a middle note\""},"vol":null,"volEv":{"n":"no volatility class on record for methyl-dihydrojasmonate"},"desc":["fresh","citrus","floral"],"descEv":{"e":"documented","s":[{"t":"Kleoff et al. (2022). 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(2022). Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2","h":"https://www.leibniz-lsb.de/en/databases/leibniz-lsbtum-odorant-database/"}],"c":"A","n":"in air, 0.00030 ppm (v/v) by the triangle odour bag method (OT-3). 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