The plate: sweet orange
Planche XIV · Orange douceSweet orange · Citrus sinensis (Citrus × sinensis; Flora of China: Citrus × aurantium, Sweet Orange Group)

Ingredients · Citrus · top note

Blood orange oil

Sweet orange with a tart, berry-like, slightly jammy twist.

What it is
Natural oil from cold-pressed peel of red-fleshed oranges.
Where it comes from
Sicily (Italy)
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Brings a juicier, redder fruit tone to citrus tops and fruity-floral openings.
Worth knowing
The red flesh comes from anthocyanins that need cold nights to form, as around Sicily's Mount Etna.
Rules
Limited. Limonene-rich: peroxide (oxidation) specification applies
Also called
Citrus sinensis (Tarocco, Moro, Sanguinello) peel oil

Named by the house, not on the label, in 1