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Yuzu oil

Ingredients · Citrus · top note

Yuzu oil

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Tart mandarin-grapefruit-lime blend; floral, piney, faintly smoky-spicy.

What it is
Natural oil from cold-pressed or distilled peel.
Where it comes from
Japan (Kōchi), Korea, China
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
A signature of Japanese-inspired citrus; adds sparkling, unusual freshness to colognes and tea accords.
Worth knowing
In Japan, whole yuzu fruits are floated in hot baths on the winter solstice.
Rules
Limited. Limonene-rich: peroxide (oxidation) specification applies
Also called
Citrus junos peel oil