GARDENIA HEADSPACE RECONSTITUTION
The common gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) has highly fragrant white flowers. The opening buds smell slightly green and piquant in the evening because of the salicylate aspect. The flowers also smell creamy, recalling coconut and peach skin. There is an unmistakably heady indolic element of jasmine. In ripe blooms, they have a sharp green ‘mushroom’ overtones. Gardenias also share some aspects with Lily, Lily of the Valley, Ylang Ylang, and a bit of Rose.
The common gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) has highly fragrant white flowers. The opening buds smell slightly green and piquant in the evening because of the salicylate aspect. The flowers also smell creamy, recalling coconut and peach skin. There is an unmistakably heady indolic element of jasmine. In ripe blooms, they have a sharp green ‘mushroom’ overtones. Gardenias also share some aspects with Lily, Lily of the Valley, Ylang Ylang, and a bit of Rose.
The common gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) has highly fragrant white flowers. The opening buds smell slightly green and piquant in the evening because of the salicylate aspect. The flowers also smell creamy, recalling coconut and peach skin. There is an unmistakably heady indolic element of jasmine. In ripe blooms, they have a sharp green ‘mushroom’ overtones. Gardenias also share some aspects with Lily, Lily of the Valley, Ylang Ylang, and a bit of Rose.