{"product_id":"bela-attar-jasmine-sambac-flowers-distilled-into-a-sandalwood-oil-base-traditional-deg-bhakpa-distillation","title":"BELA ATTAR - Jasmine sambac flowers distilled into a Sandalwood oil base (deg-bhakpa distillation)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTop-tier artisan traditional deg-bhakpa distillation of \u003cem\u003eJasminum sambac\u003c\/em\u003e flowers into a Sandalwood oil base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attar gives a pure blissful sambac experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh-quality natural Jasmine Sambac smells lush, intensely concentrated, and multi-layered, moving from an electric green opening to a deeply narcotic, honeyed, and fruity heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike sweeter or powdery synthetic jasmins, a pure natural sambac opens with a crisp, dewy snap, almost evoking crushed-leaf green but with the lushness of a flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt then very slowly evolves heavily into ripe, juicy, and sun-warmed fruit tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe natural indole content gives high-quality natural jasmine a warm, silghtly animalic and earthy  breath-like sensuality over the transition towards the dry down, which \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dry down softens into a rich, narcotic, honey-sweet, and persistent aura that lingers for a day or more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural insights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn India, Jasmine sambac is known under different names : bela, motia (or motiya), and mogra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJasmin sambac is a very important plant in South and Southeast Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe word Sambac, comes from champaca an ubiqutituous sanskrit word denoting the headniness of numerous flowers (magnolia, plumeria, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe young flower buds of J. sambac are the white flower you see in all the fresh devotional flower garlands in Southern India and many other places). It is used ritually but is also sometimes worn fresh in bracelets, or hair braid (in grand style during weddings), for an ephemeral fragrant jewellery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered sattvik, it is an auspicious devtional offering,  associated with, among others, Goddess sarasvati, goddess of knowledge, learning, wisdom (poetry \u0026amp; music). \u003ci\u003eSattva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the quality of balance, harmony, goodness, purity, universalizing, holistic, constructive, creative, building, positive attitude, luminous, serenity, being-ness, peaceful, virtuous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eI saw the lord, white as jasmine,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eand broke wide open\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe bartered my heart, looted my flesh,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eclaimed as tribute my pleasure,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003etook overall of me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI’m the woman of love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003efor my lord, white as jasmine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkka Mahadevi (1130-1160)\u003cbr\u003eFemale poet, saint and mystic from South India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the plant has also long and important associations with sensual love, with the god Kama, the god of pleasure and with the mysteries of the night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen bathed in sandalwood scents,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlashing antelope eyes,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eArbours of fountains, flowers and moonlight,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA terrace swept with breeze of flowering jasmine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn summer they stimulate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove and love-god himself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBhartrihari (c. 450-510 CE)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the most original philosophers of language and religion in ancient India\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Scentient Nature - Rare Aromatics","offers":[{"title":"0.3 ml in total recovery sample vial","offer_id":67931700854884,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.5 ml in maximum recovery vial","offer_id":67931700887652,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 ml in glass attar bottle with glass applicator","offer_id":67931700920420,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 ml in UV filtering blue glass aromatherapy bottle","offer_id":67931700953188,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 ml in glass attar bottle with glass applicator","offer_id":67931700985956,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/1271\/6388\/files\/jasminesambac.jpg?v=1793448408","url":"https:\/\/scentient-nature.net\/products\/bela-attar-jasmine-sambac-flowers-distilled-into-a-sandalwood-oil-base-traditional-deg-bhakpa-distillation","provider":"Scentient Nature - Rare Aromatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}