Jasmin Rouge Eau de Parfum

Jasmine is one of those perfume ingredients that can be played in many keys, depending on the pitch wanted ”” high, green and fresh, or low, indolic-dirty, and languid. Tom Ford's Jasmine Rouge/Private Label starts off like a fine glass of champagne, with a bubbly effervescence courtesy of an aldehyde-driven bergamot and mandarine. As it develops with piquante neroli, languid-to-tropical, waxy ylang-ylang, and warming, beguiling spices, Jasmine Rouge seems to explode into variations on jasmine's richness and lightness. Towards the end, balsamic notes of vanilla and amber combine with a subtle woodsy-leather accord to wrap sparkling jasmine in their warm embrace, like a leather jacket on top of delicate, bare shoulders.