Petitgrain Essential Oil

$16.00
Petitgrain Essential Oil

Petitgrain Essential Oil

$16.00
Size 10ml

Fragrance Material | Rectified Essential Oil

Fresh, green, and quietly elegant, Petitgrain Essential Oil captures the crisp vitality of citrus leaves and twigs rather than fruit. Aromatic and refined, it brings structure, freshness, and a subtle bitterness that adds sophistication to both classic and contemporary compositions.

Petitgrain presents a green, citrus-aromatic profile with leafy freshness, gentle bitterness, and soft floral undertones. Less sweet than orange peel oils and less heady than neroli, it sits comfortably between citrus and aromatic woods.

Petitgrain functions as a top-to-heart note, offering lift while adding aromatic structure.

Recommended concentration: 0.5–5%

Blends beautifully with:
Citrus oils (bergamot, bitter orange, lemon)
Florals (neroli, jasmine, lavender)
Woods (cedarwood, sandalwood)
Aromatic herbs and fougère structures

Suitable for non-perfumery applications including colognes, skincare, soaps, candles, and fresh home fragrance

It is a cornerstone of colognes, fougères, chypres, and modern green compositions.

Material Type: Essential oil
Botanical Name: Citrus aurantium var. amara
Plant Part: Leaves and twigs
Extraction Method: Steam distillation
CAS Number: 8014-17-3
Origin: Paraguay
Odour Profile: Green, citrus, leafy, aromatic, slightly bitter
Appearance: Pale yellow to greenish liquid
Solubility: Soluble in oil and alcohol
Key Components: Linalyl acetate, linalool, α-terpineol, geraniol, limonene

For external use only
Dilute before skin application
Generally non-phototoxic (unlike some citrus peel oils), but follow IFRA guidelines
Store in a cool, dark place in a tightly sealed container
Shelf life: 2–3 years when stored correctly

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Working in dilution for beginner perfumers

Essential Dilution Starter - For Beginners

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The first rule of perfumery: never work neat.

Every professional perfumer works in dilution. It's not a beginner shortcut, it's the correct way to evaluate and blend aromatic materials. At full concentration, materials smell harsh, inaccurate, and often overwhelming. You're not smelling the material, you're smelling too much of it.

When you dilute a 5ml aromatic material to a 10% solution, you extend it to 50ml of working stock. That's five times the material to experiment with, evaluate, and blend, without wasting a drop of something precious and expensive.

For powder materials like ambroxan, calone, and vanillin, dilution isn't optional, it's essential. Powders need to be fully dissolved in ethanol before they can be accurately measured, evaluated, or incorporated into a formula. Without this step, you simply can't work with them properly.

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