Neroli Essential Oil

(Citrus Aurantium)

Neroli Essential oil produced by steam distillation of the freshly picked flowers, It is a Orange/ yellow liquid, with a warm sweet floral fragrance, very true to nature.

Neroli Essential Oil blends well with jasmine, lavender, rose, clary sage, ylang ylang, lemon and other citrus oils.

Neroli oil has a sweet, floral and slightly haunting aroma, the color is pale yellow and the viscosity is watery.

Origin of neroli oil

It is also known as 'orange blossom' and it takes about 1000 lbs. of orange blossoms to make 1 lb. of Neroli oil. The name is said to have originated from the Italian princess, Anne-Marie de la Tremoille (Countess of Nerola) who used the oil as a perfume and to scent her bathwater and gloves. It is still an ingredient for making traditional smelling eau-de-cologne.

Extraction neroli oil

Neroli oil is extracted from the small, white, waxy flowers of the bitter-orange tree by steam distillation and yields 0.8 - 1 %.

Chemical composition

The main chemical components of neroli oil are a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, a-terpinene, nerol, neryl acetate, farnesol, geraniol, linalool, nerolidol, linalyl acetate, methyl anthranilate and indole.