Frangipani is the tropical flower of leis and temple offerings, and its scent is famously hard to hold. There is no distilled oil, only a solvent-extracted absolute or an enfleurage. Benzyl salicylate, geraniol, linalool and farnesol build the sweet, creamy, faintly coconut smell. There is no published research on what the absolute itself does. It is bought purely for its scent, which for something this hard to capture is reason enough.