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BERGAMOT-PETITGRAIN OIL

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Material type
natural essential oil
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
citrus-colognefougerechypreeau-de-colognearomatichesperidic
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Top
Descriptors
greenwoodysweetfresh

A bright bergamot citrus opening threaded with the leafy, twiggy bitterness of petitgrain. The sparkling lemon-orange peel facet is quickly joined by a green, slightly woody-aromatic undertone that lends more backbone and dry-down persistence than straight bergamot oil.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
6 / 10
Tenacity
4 / 10
Volatility
8 / 10
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naturals · No. 68

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 77.

steam distillation
bitterfreshsweetwoody
Appearance

Bergamot-Petitgrain Oil is a green-yellow to olive-yellow colored mobile liquid.

Odor

possessing a typical “petitgrain” odor: bitter-fresh, yet with a pronounced sweet-woody background.

Uses in perfumery

this oil may never attain any importance. It is conceivable that Bergamot Petitgrain Oil will continue to be used in the all too well known “cutting” of true bergamot peel oil, together with the oil of “fallen” bergamots.

Production

steam distilled from the leaves and twigs of the bergamot tree.

Identity
Aliases · 2
essence de brouts de taille du bergamottierpetitgrain bergamier
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