The plate: bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)
Planche XV · BigaradierBitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) · Citrus × aurantium (C. aurantium L.; sour, Seville or bigarade orange)

Ingredients · Florals · top note

Neroli oil

Say itNAIR-uh-lee oil

Fresh, green-citrus orange blossom with honeyed, slightly metallic sparkle.

What it is
Natural oil from steam-distilled bitter-orange blossoms.
Where it comes from
Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Classic cologne heart; bright floral-citrus freshness for colognes, florals and fougères.
Worth knowing
Named after Anne Marie Orsini, princess of Nerola, who scented her gloves and bath with it in the 1600s.
Also called
Neroli bigarade; Citrus aurantium amara flower oil

On the label of 16 of the 232 perfumes read so far

Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Citrus aurantium flower oil”Decision 42Amouage · printed “Citrus aurantium flower oil”Erba PuraXerjoff · printed “Citrus aurantium flower oil”Noir ExtremeTom Ford · printed “Citrus aurantium flower oil”Bergamote 22Le Labo · printed “Citrus aurantium flower oil”Fleur d'Oranger 27Le Labo · printed “Citrus aurantium flower oil”

Named by the house, not on the label, in 14

No. 5Chanel · “neroli”Acqua di GiòArmani · “neroli”LibreYSL · “neroli”Reflection ManAmouage · “Bitter Orange Leaves”Dia WomanAmouage · “Orange Flower”Dia ManAmouage · “Bitter Orange”

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