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Lime Oil, Expressed

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8008-26-2
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other
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document derived
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citrusgreen
naturals · No. 254

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 237.

TOPtenacity · highpower · moderatecold pressing
freshsweetpeellemonmellowperfumey
Appearance

Hand- or machine-pressed lime oil is a yellowish green, olive-green or dark green mobile liquid of intensely fresh, rich and sweet, peel-like odor, perhaps more lemon-like than the odor of distilled lime oil, but also mellower and somewhat perfumey.

Odor

The odor of expressed lime oil is intensely fresh, rich and sweet, peel-like, perhaps more lemon-like than the odor of distilled lime oil, but also mellower and somewhat perfumey.

Flavor

Expressed lime oil has the typical peel flavor and an excellent masking effect on protein- or garlic-like food odors.

Uses in perfumery

In perfumes, the expressed oil is generally preferred. It gives interesting modifications to neroli in cologne bases, chypre bases, etc., and lends a delightful topnote to modern aldehydic perfumes. It blends well with all other citrus oils, citronella oil and its derivatives, lavender, lavandin, rosemary, sage clary, etc.

Uses in flavor

Expressed lime oil blends particularly well with lemon oil in flavor compositions. The combination of the two flavors has become one of the most popular flavors in carbonated beverages and sherbet ice, hard candy, etc.

Document-derived

IFRA restrictions

CategoryKindMax %NotesSource
Category 1Max %0.7%
DOC
Category 2Max %0.7%
DOC
Category 3Max %0.7%
DOC
Category 4Max %0.7%
DOC
Category 5AMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 5BMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 5CMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 5DMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 6Max %0.7%
DOC
Category 7ANo restrictionNo Restriction
DOC
Category 7BMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 8Max %0.7%
DOC
Category 9No restrictionNo Restriction
DOC
Category 10ANo restrictionNo Restriction
DOC
Category 10BMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 11ANo restrictionNo Restriction
DOC
Category 11BMax %0.7%
DOC
Category 12No restrictionNo Restriction
DOC

Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.

IFRA Annex I

Natural constituents in this material

Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.

ConstituentCASTypical %
Citronellal106-23-01.4%
Bisabolol515-69-50.3%
Citral5392-40-50.2%
Perilla aldehyde2111-75-30.2%
7-Methoxycoumarin531-59-90.1%
Identity
Aliases · 5
90063-52-8Lime oil expressedExpressed Lime OilLime OilNot applicable.
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).