Oil · Floral family
Neroli
Citrus aurantium
Orange blossom: honeyed, green, a little bitter.
Neroli is orange blossom, honeyed and green with a clean bitterness underneath. It is one of the most expensive florals, and one of the most calming.
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Orange blossom
Neroli is the blossom of the bitter orange tree, named after a seventeenth-century Italian princess who wore it. Grown in the Nile Delta of Egypt and steam-distilled from the flowers, it is honeyed, green and quietly calming.
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