Jasmin Kama

Now this is indeed a unique take on the pretty white flower! Jasmin Kama is full of bright personality. Zingy to open with bergamot, then textured with rough patchouli, and sweetened with rose. This accord is a little like sweet rock rose incense with a little sharp animation that's almost animalic, like a drop of galbanum or a scratch of civet. A little like Creed Jasmal but with added divine sweetness. Heliotrope is what sets this fragrance apart making this jasmine rather transcendent, blessing this flower with some opalescent, holy light anointed with candied musk. Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d'Iris has the same effect, only with iris as the featured flower instead of jasmine. Original, yet easy to love, even if you don't like jasmine, as this fragrance in the dry down is as much about the heliotrope and woody animalic musk. Jasmin Kama is a highly addictive floral confection!

If someone at the perfume counter had told me this contains jasmine and musk, I'd probably put it down and walk away without a backward glance. As it turns out, this came together with the rest of Rania's fragrances in the discovery set and to my surprise, this and not Ambre Loup is the one that stood out. This is a no-drama, very grown-up jasmine. The white floral here is not desperate, hysterical and clingy as many night whites are. The musk is there. BUT! It sets off the dusky jasmine so beautifully. I couldn't believe musk can be used so sublimely. Certainly the patchouli helped as well by grounding the jasmine further into earthy territory, though it is not a note one can isolate from the rest in this fragrance. I would say, this offers something even to committed fans of jasmine. Ambre Loup is pretty spectacular but this is an eye-opener.

Jasmin Kama is a full bodied natural jasmin, wonderful and wearable while at the same time having a teasing dirty edge. Rania Jouaneh has made it again! I can't help comparing it to another favorite jasmin, Drama Nuui by Pierre Guillaume. The two creations are similar in many ways. Both are "natural" interpretations of jasmin improving and strengthening the feel of jasmin compared to pure essential oil or CO2 extract. But where jasmin Kama is deeper and warmer, probably stemming from the gentle strokes of rose and patchouli, Drama Nuui is brighter and crisper. With Jasmin Kama I have found a new favorite jasmin. In winter time when i want a warm Jasmin I will certainly reach for Jasmin Kama, while when the urge for Jasmin strikes on a warm summer day I will still turn to Drama Nuui for olfactory stimulation.

The first few seconds are a rich heady jasmine, followed by a long heart that I first described as shower-curtain-floral. Later someone pointed out the fruitiness of it, and shower-curtain floral began to smell of apricot fizz over white flowers. Underneath it all is something dark and rich, quite possibly patchouli but also reminiscent of the bases of all the other Rania J creations I have tried, and that is no bad thing. Overall this is unusual, arguably beautiful, and certainly multilayered. But for me, fruit or plastic are generally deal-breakers, and Jasmin Kama does not quite rate an exception. Edit: Oh, how things change. Now it's a lovely sugared jasmine, reminding me of Sweet Anthem's Caroline, only smoother and better balanced. This would make a great replacement for Caroline.

I think it's the most erotic jasmin in my life- dark, erotic scent -perfect!!! Easy to LOVE!!! Jasmin with patchouli (earthy-dirty) and heliothrope (it’s add a super powdery side to it). This is an extremely unique parfume-warm, dark, natural, sexy and very feminin. And hardly underrated!!! I think better for colder days but in a hot summer night filled with Love-well can be unforgettable too.