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Wrightia

Q: Is Wrightia natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: No commercial extraction. Flowers too delicate and small for viable production..

FLOWERS / floral · sweet · powdery

Wrightia

Category	FLOWERS
Subcategory	floral · sweet · powdery
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Wrightia religiosa
Appearance	Colorless to pale yellow liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	India, Malaysia, Thailand
Pyramid	Heart

Soft, sweet, jasmine-like white floral from a tropical shrub. Wrightia blooms produce a delicate, non-indolic white-floral scent, gentler than jasmine or tuberose.

Scent
Terroir & Origins
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Soft, sweet, cleanly white-floral. Less narcotic than tuberose, less animalic than jasmine, more transparent than gardenia. A quiet, gentle white flower. The floral equivalent of a whisper.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Soft sweet white-floral, clean and gentle

After a few hours

Powdery-creamy warmth, delicate

After a few days

Faint sweet-floral trace, quiet and intimate

Terroir & Origins

Indicative 2025 wholesale prices.

The Full Story

Wrightia (Wrightia religiosa and W. antidysenterica) is a tropical shrub in the Apocynaceae family native to South and Southeast Asia. The small white flowers are intensely fragrant, especially at night.

The scent is white-floral but notably softer and less indolic than jasmine. Clean, sweet, slightly powdery with a subtle green-creamy undertone. Too delicate for commercial essential oil production.

In perfumery, wrightia represents clean white florals. Typically reconstructed from de-indolized jasmine components with powdery and green-creamy qualities.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Rose Monotone. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

In Thai Buddhist tradition, Wrightia religiosa (Mok) flowers are offered at temples. The name religiosa reflects this sacred association.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: No commercial extraction. Flowers too delicate and small for viable production.

↑ See Terroir & Origins for origin-specific methods.

Molecular Formula	N/A — complex natural extract (key: linalool, sesquiterpenes)
CAS Number	N/A — no single CAS registered for Wrightia religiosa essential oil or absolute; commercial extracts are not widely standardized
Botanical Name	Wrightia religiosa
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	Wrightia, sweet-flower, white-flower
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	Colorless to pale yellow liquid

In Perfumery

Heart note in clean white-floral accords. Too delicate for extraction. Reconstructed from de-indolized jasmine components with powdery and green-creamy support.