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Lime oil, expressed

Ingredients · Citrus · top note

Lime oil, expressed

Tart, green, zesty fresh lime peel; juicy, slightly floral and bitter.

What it is
Natural oil from cold-pressed peel of key or Persian limes.
Where it comes from
Mexico, Peru, Brazil
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Adds tangy, green sharpness to citrus tops, cocktail-inspired accords and fresh masculines.
Worth knowing
Squeezing limes in the sun can burn skin: 'margarita dermatitis' is the same phototoxicity that limits this oil.
Rules
Limited. Phototoxic furocoumarins; capped in leave-on skin products
Also called
Citrus aurantifolia / C. latifolia peel oil, cold-pressed

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