Huile essentielle de clémentine
Clementine oil

Ingredients · Citrus · top note

Clementine oil

Sweet, sherbet-like mandarin-orange, juicy and lightly floral.

What it is
Natural oil from cold-pressed peel.
Where it comes from
Mediterranean (Italy, Spain, Morocco)
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Adds a candied, playful juiciness to citrus tops and fruity florals.
Worth knowing
Named after Brother Clément Rodier, a French missionary credited with finding the hybrid in Algeria around 1900.
Rules
Limited. Limonene-rich: peroxide (oxidation) specification applies
Also called
Citrus clementina peel oil