The plate: geranium (rose geranium)
Planche XIX · GéraniumGeranium (rose geranium) · Pelargonium graveolens and its hybrids (the oil crop is the Pelargonium Rosat Group, e.g. 'Rosé' = P. capitatum x P. radens)

Ingredients · Florals · top note

Geranium oil, Egyptian

Rosy, green, slightly fruity geranium, softer and sweeter than Chinese oil.

What it is
Natural oil from steam-distilled pelargonium leaves and stems.
Where it comes from
Egypt, Morocco
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Workhorse rosy-green heart for florals, fougères and soaps; cheaper than Bourbon.
Worth knowing
African oils carry 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol, a chemical fingerprint missing from Chinese and Bourbon oils.
Rules
Limited. Capped via citronellol and geraniol (IFRA); EU-labeled allergen
Also called
Pelargonium graveolens oil (Egypt / African type)

On the label of 61 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

SauvageDior · printed “Pelargonium graveolens oil”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Pelargonium graveolens oil”Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Pelargonium graveolens flower oil”LaytonParfums de Marly · printed “Pelargonium graveolens flower oil”Side EffectInitio · printed “Pelargonium graveolens flower oil”Absolute AphrodisiacInitio · printed “Pelargonium graveolens flower oil”

Named by the house, not on the label, in 65

Fougère RoyaleHoubigant · “geranium”Epic WomanAmouage · “Geranium”Lyric WomanAmouage · “Geranium”Epic ManAmouage · “Geranium Essence”Honour ManAmouage · “Geranium”Overture ManAmouage · “Geranium”

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