Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oil extracted from the flowers of the bitter orange; a French perfume. Also
neroli-oil and oil of neroli.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.
- noun (Chem.) a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from neroli oil; -- called also
auradin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
essential oil obtained fromorange blossom
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Examples
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These Fougères are very complex, with the addition of bright florals such as neroli, lily of the valley, and cyclamen.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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These Fougères are very complex, with the addition of bright florals such as neroli, lily of the valley, and cyclamen.
Fougère, Coumarin and the Bittersweetness of Green Ayala Sender 2007
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They'd get bored as hell doing that after a while, and then I'd be through with having conversations for the rest of my life. "neroli:" Quote TK from Salinger's agent about surviving manuscripts, if any, and plans for them.
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Mr. Moltz describes pure neroli as being "prim and proper."
Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011
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Now, neroli can be found in any number of perfumes, soaps and, according to myth, the secret recipe for Coca-Cola.
Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011
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I love heady, sexy scents like jasmine and neroli.
Linda Rodin 2012
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Cold-pressing the fruit peel yields bigarade, the essential oil of the bitter orange; distilling the twigs gives you petitgrain; and the orange blossoms provide you with neroli.
Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011
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Those includes things like orange, nutmeg, lemon, coriander, neroli and cinnamon oils and 8 ounces of alcohol.
Was There Really Cocaine In The Original Recipe? Catherine Pearson 2011
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Of course the main ingredient is the neroli, freshened by the petitgrain Paraguay which is also tender and green and petitgrain citronnier.
Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011
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He likes to "dirty it up" with flowers that bring out neroli's wet and sexy vibe.
Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011
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