" It takes 1,400 man hours of flower picking to collect seven million jasmine flowers to make one kilo of jasmine essence.
This extensive and labour-intensive process makes it twice as expensive as gold"
" The scent profile of Jasmine Sambac / Arabian Jasmine is sweet, musky and sultry; while Jasmine Grandiflorum / Royal Jasmine has a softer, more floral, fresh and green scent. "
*Flowering stages of Jasmine Sambac
Jasmine Sambac also known as Arabian Jasmine (the national flower of the Philippines where it is known as Sampaguita) bloom throughout the year, the flowers open at night between 6-8 in the evening and close in the morning. Jasmine Grandiflorum also known as Spanish / Royal jasmine are a climbing plant and can grow up to 5 meters, are sensitive to frost and are only in Bloom around May to November; flowers are produced in open cymes.