The plate: lemon
Planche XIII · CitronLemon · Citrus limon (Citrus × limon)

Ingredients · Citrus · top note

Lemon oil

Lemon zest, sharp and clean.

What it is
Oil pressed from lemon peel.
Where it comes from
Mostly Argentina, Italy and Spain.
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
The brightest citrus top note: freshness, lift and 'clean' in colognes, fougères and functional fragrance.
Worth knowing
Argentina, not Italy, is the world's largest producer of lemon oil, from orchards around Tucumán.
Rules
Limited. Cold-pressed oil is phototoxic; capped in leave-on skin products
Also called
Citrus limon peel oil, cold-pressed; Sicilian / Argentine lemon

On the label of 100 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

SauvageDior · printed “Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil”ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil”Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Citrus limon peel oil”Musk TherapyInitio · printed “Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil”OutlandsAmouage · printed “Citrus limon peel oil”

Named by the house, not on the label, in 75

AventusCreed · “Sicilian Lemon”JickyGuerlain · “lemon”Jubilation 25 WomanAmouage · “Lemon”UbarAmouage · “Lemon”ErosVersace · “Italian lemon zest”Light BlueDolce & Gabbana · “lemon”

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