The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Jasmine Sambac launched in 2025 with perfumer Tada Archawong at the helm. Its subject is jasmine sambac, a flower long associated with offerings and ritual across India and Southeast Asia. Shaman Perfumery presents the material through a composition built around jasmine sambac, with citrus, green notes, tuberose, geranium, rose, ambergris, musk, and animalic notes accompanying it. Mandarin orange and neroli introduce brightness, while the floral ingredients provide the composition with depth and definition. Together, the listed notes create a layered fragrance that brings together citrus, greenery, white flowers, rose, and deeper animalic accents in a single, richly detailed scent profile.
The composition pairs jasmine sambac absolute and tuberose absolute with neroli, mandarin orange, green notes, geranium, rose, ambergris, musk, and animalic notes. Citrus and green notes establish the opening accord, followed by the presence of jasmine sambac and tuberose within the floral section. Geranium contributes a distinct herbal character to the note list, while rose adds another floral dimension. As the listed base notes come forward, ambergris, musk, and animalic notes introduce deeper accents beneath the brighter citrus and green materials.
The evolution
Jasmine Sambac develops through a sequence of listed notes, beginning with mandarin orange, neroli, and green notes. These materials establish the opening portion of the composition before jasmine sambac, tuberose, and geranium become more present. The floral character expands as the fragrance develops, with rose joining jasmine sambac and tuberose while green notes and citrus continue to provide a bright counterpoint. During the drydown, ambergris, musk, and animalic notes form the deeper foundation beneath the floral materials. The composition therefore moves from a citrus-and-green opening into a layered floral middle and a base defined by rose, ambergris, musk, and animalic notes, with each stage retaining multiple points of contrast and complexity.
Cultural impact
Jasmine Sambac places jasmine sambac at the center of a composition from Shaman Perfumery’s Offering Collection. The flower is associated with offerings and rituals across India and Southeast Asia, giving the release a clear cultural reference before the fragrance is considered as an olfactory construction. Its note list combines jasmine sambac with citrus, green notes, tuberose, geranium, rose, ambergris, musk, and animalic notes. This pairing invites attention to how a culturally familiar material can be presented through a contemporary composition built from contrasting floral, fresh, green, and deeper tonal elements.
The House
Shaman PerfumeryShaman Perfumery is a Filipino fragrance house built around the premise that a single raw material carries centuries of human meaning. Rather than constructing complex narratives around dozens of notes, the brand strips each composition to one protagonist ingredient, illuminating its historical, cultural, and ritual significance across civilizations. The lineup spans materials as geographically and emotionally diverse as Bourbon Vanilla, Ambergris, Myrrh, Jasmine Sambac, and Bulgarian Rose. Each fragrance arrives under a name that does exactly what it says on the bottle, refusing metaphor in favor of directness. The brand launched in 2024 and has found distribution through specialty retailers including Luckyscent.
The Creator
Tada ArchawongArchawong favors a disciplined layering method: she starts with a crystalline top, adds a heart of locally sourced florals, then anchors the piece with a base of rare woods or resins. Bergamot, fig, and muguet appear frequently in her openings, providing a fresh, slightly gree…
