ABSTRACT
While jasmine grows in many parts of the world, jasmine absolute is produced mainly in Egypt by solvent extraction of the essential oil from its delicate flowers. In addition to odorant volatiles, the oil contains fats, pigments, and fatsoluble vitamins. It is used in aromatherapy as a holistic remedy for apathy, fear, hypersensitivity, panic, hysteria, uterine disorders, childbirth pain, skincare, frigidity, coughs, hoarseness, and muscular spasms (Tisserand, 1985; Lawless, 1995).
