Neroli
From Wikur Essential Oils and Fragrances
See also : Orange Blossom Absolute
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Citrus aurantium subsp. amara or Bigaradia
- Other Names : Orange blossom oil
- CAS Number : 8016-38-4
- Origin : Western parts of India, Eastern Africa, the Himalayas, Florida, Morocco, France, Tunisia, and Egypt.
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : fragrant flowering blossoms
- Crop : April to early May
- steam distillation or CO2 extraction
- Physical Description : pale yellow or coffee-brown liquid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Citric
- Perfumery Note:
- Fresh, Citric, sweet, floral, honeyed and somewhat metallic with green and spicy facets.
Chemical Constituents
- camphene : 0,04 %
- farnesol : 0,44 %
- geraniol : 0,40 %
- geranyl acetate : 1,17 %
- indole : 0,45 %
- limonene : 11,50 %
- linalool : 34,60 %
- linalyl acetate : 23,60 %
- methyl anthranilate : 0,98 %
- myrcene : 1,11 %
- nerol : 0,23 %
- (E)-nerolidol : 1,21 %
- neryl acetate : 0,79 %
- (E)-beta-ocimene : 4,54 %
- (Z)-beta-ocimene : 0,40 %
- 2-phenethyl alcohol : 0,64 %
- phenyl acetonitrile : 0,67 %
- alpha-pinene : 0,46 %
- beta-pinene : 8,79 %
- sabinene : 1,10 %
- alpha-terpinene : 0,04 %
- gamma-terpinene : 0,06 %
- alpha-terpineol : 1,13 %
- terpinolene : 0,16 %
- alpha-terpinyl acetate : 0,14 %
Aromatherapy
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