petitgrain

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

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

That's not all: Distill the leaves, twigs and flowers together and you have "petitgrain sur le fleur."

Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011

Entirely handcrafted to order—your name will be inscribed on the label of the bottle—perfumer Le Labo's Orange Blossom is at the heart of three of their best fragrances: Fleur D'Oranger 27, with jasmine and sunny bergamot; Neroli 36, a flirtatious mix of watermelon, salt, rose, mandarin and musk; and in Tubereuse 40, an energetic blend of tuberose, cedar, mimosa and petitgrain $200, store.lelabofragrances.com .

Orange Blossoms Aleksandra Crapanzano 2011

I would love be included in the draw please...oooooh petitgrain!

DSH Perfumes Part Five: Palace of The Sun King (And a Prize Draw) Marina Geigert 2009

He likes petitgrain, though I smell something in it akin to an ashtray.

Frederick Malle Geranium Pour Monsieur: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

For me, re-smelling it after years of not having it is kind of an olfactory time-machine: one whiff of the lemons and petitgrain and I am almost that teenager trekking to Hadley on his Raleigh ready to plunk down $20.

Perfume Review: Christian Dior Eau Sauvage Marina Geigert 2007

However, on lesser scales, other petitgrains are also produced, which have a unique aroma: petitgrain lemon, petitgrain cedrat (citron) and petitgrain combarva (kaffir lime).

Archive 2007-05-01 Ayala Sender 2007

Other petitgrain essential oils are available in far lesser quantities, such as: petitgrain lemon, petitgrain combarva from the kaffir lime tree and petitgrain cedrat.

Archive 2007-05-01 Ayala Sender 2007

For me, re-smelling it after years of not having it is kind of an olfactory time-machine: one whiff of the lemons and petitgrain and I am almost that teenager trekking to Hadley on his Raleigh ready to plunk down $20.

Archive 2007-09-01 Marina Geigert 2007