The jasmine flower has become a popular design image for tattoos. The delicate bloom and its heady fragrance is often associated with feelings of sensuality, intimacy, romance, and love.

It’s a popular flower for use at weddings and religious ceremonies and is linked to motherhood, love, and respect, while white jasmine flowers have also been used to symbolize purity and naivete in tattoo meaning.

Most often, jasmine flower designs are standalone images done in delicate black and gray or soft subtle colors, however, it’s a great flower for use in fine detailed single needle tattoos and more vivid watercolor designs

The following article will trace symbolism related to jasmine flower tattoo ideas while also outlining technical and application styles that can develop different layers of meaning in your body art.

1. Jasmine: The Queen of the Night

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Jasminum is derived from the Persian word Yasmeen, or “gift from God.”

The Arabian jasmine flower is often referred to as “Queen of the Night” because it blooms at nighttime and because the sweet smell of the flower is associated with feelings of sensuality, intimacy, romance, and love.

Being a beautiful and uniquely shaped bloom, a jasmine flower design offers much to those collectors looking for different flower meanings from traditional favorites, such as the red rose tattoo, purple lotus flower, or pink cherry blossom tattoo.

These links make Jasmine plant and fragrant flower tattoo designs an increasingly popular choice, particularly in South East Asia, where there are hundreds of different native varieties. 

The fragrant jasmine flower makes it popular for use in aromatherapy, essential oils, and Eastern meditation practices, particularly in Chinese herbal medicine, where jasmine tea helps digestion.