Ingredients · Citrus · top note
Tangerine oil
Bright, sweet orange-mandarin, sharper and less floral than mandarin.
- What it is
- Natural oil from cold-pressed tangerine peel.
- Where it comes from
- mainly USA and Brazil
- When you smell it
- Top notes: when you spray it.
- What perfumers do with it
- A cheaper, brighter alternative to mandarin in citrus tops and fruity accords.
- Worth knowing
- The name means 'from Tangier', the Moroccan port linked with the fruit in 19th-century Europe.
- Rules
- Limited. Limonene-rich: peroxide (oxidation) specification applies
- Also called
- Citrus reticulata (Dancy and other tangerines) peel oil
Named by the house, not on the label, in 21
Acqua di GiòArmani · “green tangerine”
ElsewhereAmouage · “Tangerine”
L'Eau d'Issey Pour HommeIssey Miyake · “tangerine”
Tubéreuse 40Le Labo · “tangerine”
Sceptre MalachiteMaison Alhambra · “Green Tangerine”
YaraLattafa · “Tangerine”
Yara CandyLattafa · “Green Tangerine”
SugardaddyFugazzi · “Tangerine”
Eros FlameVersace · “tangerine”
Acqua di Giò ProfondoArmani · “green tangerine”
OlympéaRabanne · “green tangerine”
Uruk ChroniclesEtat Libre d'Orange · “Tangerine”
Uomo Born in Roma Yellow DreamValentino · “Italian tangerine”
WeekendBurberry · “tangerine”
Tommy GirlTommy Hilfiger · “Tangerine”
360° for WomenPerry Ellis · “Tangerine”
Club de Nuit Intense OverdoseArmaf · “Tangerine”
I Am TrashEtat Libre d'Orange · “Green Tangerine upcycling”
Leonie IntenseMaison Alhambra · “Tangerine”
HayaLattafa · “Tangerine”
Just Me for MenParis Hilton · “tangerine”