

Ingredients · Citrus · top note
Kumquat oil
Say itKUM-kwot oil
Zesty kumquat peel, close to orange, with a faintly spicy, woody side.
- What it is
- Natural oil from cold-pressed fresh peel of the kumquat.
- Where it comes from
- Brazil
- When you smell it
- Top notes: when you spray it.
- What perfumers do with it
- A less common citrus top note; its seller pairs it with spices and with woods such as vetiver and sandalwood.
- Worth knowing
- Kumquat peel oil is about 93% limonene.
- Rules
- Limited. Limonene-rich: peroxide (oxidation) specification applies
- Also called
- Fortunella japonica (Citrus japonica) peel oil, cold-pressed; kumquat rind
Named by the house, not on the label, in 2
