# The Body Shop — Neroli Jasmin

> Neroli Jasmin (2007) is a discontinued, affordable mall fragrance from The Body Shop that has become a genuine object of nostalgic devotion — a warm, sweet, sandalwood-and-vanilla-anchored white flora

## Essence
Neroli Jasmin (2007) is a discontinued, affordable mall fragrance from The Body Shop that has become a genuine object of nostalgic devotion — a warm, sweet, sandalwood-and-vanilla-anchored white floral that many wearers kept as a signature scent for years. Critical coverage is essentially nonexistent, so its reputation rests entirely on wearer affection: a creamy neroli-and-jasmine floral that leans warm and slightly oriental and punches above its price in richness, while drawing complaints about inconsistent longevity that depend heavily on format.
## Scent Profile
Despite the name, accounts agree that neroli leads and jasmine is shy. The opening offers a green neroli brightness with a soft, almost buried jasmine, quickly overtaken by sweetness.
The jasmine is often compared to the otherworldly jasmine of Mugler Alien, but it recedes fast, morphing into a sweet, warm, soapy-yet-sensual vanilla-musk accord. For most wearers the base is the highlight — a creamy vanilla-and-sandalwood drydown described as warm, slightly caramelly, cuddly but grown-up, with the sandalwood very prominent.
The overall character is linear, creamy and warm, closer to a soapy-sweet floral than a fresh or green one, with just a faint green-neroli lift up top to keep it from going fully candied.
## Performance
Performance depends sharply on format. The EDT is widely described as light with poor lasting power, a familiar complaint about Body Shop EDTs, though some wearers report strong results suggesting batch or skin variability. The separately sold perfume oil lasts far better but projects faintly because it is alcohol-free. The practical reading is a soft, intimate, close-wearing scent: reach for the oil when longevity matters and the EDT for a touch more projection.
## Wearing Context
This is a casual, feminine, everyday floral that wearers chose for personal enjoyment rather than projection — relaxing, intimate and close to the skin. It works year-round as comfortable daily wear, with many gravitating toward fall and winter over time because the warm vanilla-sandalwood drydown brightens grey days. It is a comfortable, unobtrusive scent for daily life rather than events.
## Comparisons & DNA
The most frequent designer comparison is Dior Pure Poison, which it resembles as a softer, more delicate and comfortable take on the same sweet jasmine-white-floral character. Mugler Alien is cited specifically for the opening jasmine, and one wearer likened it to Van Cleef & Arpels Birmane. Its closest in-house relative is its own replacement, Indian Night Jasmine, while the broader DNA is the affordable sweet-white-floral-with-vanilla-and-sandalwood category typical of mid-2000s mall fragrance.
## Reception
Reception is dominated by nostalgia and a sense of loss over discontinuation. Wearers describe it as warm, feminine, sensual and sophisticated for the price, and many kept it as a signature scent for years before mourning its disappearance. The criticisms are specific and consistent: weak longevity and sillage in EDT form, excessive sweetness for some who feel the vanilla overwhelms the neroli and jasmine, and a synthetic, screechy edge that a few noticed on revisiting. The polarization is mild and mostly about sweetness tolerance. For those who loved it, the usual recommendation is Indian Night Jasmine as the nearest in-house substitute, with the caveat that it is widely judged a weaker, more diluted version.
## Versions & Reformulation
Neroli Jasmin existed in several formats — EDT, perfume oil, body mist, and matching bath and body products, with the oil catalogued separately under the same notes. It was discontinued and effectively replaced around 2012 by Indian Night Jasmine, marketed as nearly identical but widely regarded as lighter and less rich, with the green notes gone, the sandalwood pushed back, and shorter longevity. The original's vanilla-sandalwood base is the most-missed element the replacement is said to lack.
## Acquisition Notes
Discontinued and now traded only on the secondary market, where prices have inflated dramatically relative to its original budget mall pricing. The realistic substitute for anyone chasing the scent is the still-available, if itself sometimes rebranded, Indian Night Jasmine line. No batch-code authentication culture exists for it, and buyers should simply expect to pay collector premiums for a fragrance that originally cost very little.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- Launched by The Body Shop in 2007 and discontinued around 2012, replaced in-house by Indian Night Jasmine.
- The perfumer is unknown and no launch narrative survives.
- Despite the name, wearers consistently report neroli leading and jasmine receding quickly.
- Its most-praised feature is the warm vanilla-and-sandalwood base, the element fans say the replacement lacks.
- Its cultural footprint is almost entirely nostalgic, sustained by a small but persistent secondary-market following.