TOTD 082208: citrus

[Guest guest]

From Elise Pearlstine:

What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

_____

I like petitgrain and petitgrain sur fleur more than anything. I plan

to get some lime petitgrain at some point. This essence has ethereal

qualities while being highly evocative to me.

[Guest guest]

On Aug 22, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Adam Gottschalk wrote:

> From Elise Pearlstine:

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have?

> This can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

> _____

>

> I like petitgrain and petitgrain sur fleur more than anything. I

> plan to get some lime petitgrain at some point. This essence has

> ethereal qualities while being highly evocative to me.

Forgot to add that I have eight citruses: sweet orange, blood orange,

grapefruit, lime, tangerine, mandarin, bergamot, and bitter orange.

None is my favorite.

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--- Adam Gottschalk <adam@...> wrote:

> From Elise Pearlstine:

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do

> you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody

> parts.

My favorite is fresh pink grapefruit. Yum!

I have:

Pink Grapefruit

Yuzu

Blood Orange

Wild Orange

Sweet Orange

Sweet Orange fivefold

Neroli

Bergamot

Petitgrain Bigarade

Distilled lime

Cold-pressed lime

Mandarine

Clementine

Orange Flower

Orange Flower Water

BTW I found, some time ago, that stale Blood Orange

takes on the smell of Boswellia carteri (one kind of

incense).

Alfred

in San Francisco at the moment

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Orange

Lemon Verbena

Grapefruit pink or white

Pineapple (is that a citrus?)

Tangerine

Lime

evie

[Guest guest]

On Aug 22, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Alfred Eberle wrote:

> My favorite is fresh pink grapefruit. Yum!

>

> I have:

>

> Pink Grapefruit

> Yuzu

> Blood Orange

> Wild Orange

> Sweet Orange

> Sweet Orange fivefold

> Neroli

> Bergamot

> Petitgrain Bigarade

> Distilled lime

> Cold-pressed lime

> Mandarine

> Clementine

> Orange Flower

> Orange Flower Water

>

> BTW I found, some time ago, that stale Blood Orange

> takes on the smell of Boswellia carteri (one kind of

> incense).

Now that you mention it, I like neroli and orange blossom equally

with petitgrain.

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My favorites are Orange flower absolute and Cedrat

I have :

Grapefruit

Lemon

Lime

Sweet Orange

Bitter Orange

Mandarine

Petit Grain Orange

Petit Grain Bigarade

Orange Flower absolute

Orange Flower water absolute

Neroli

Cedrat

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From Elise Pearlstine:

What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

_____

I like petitgrain and petitgrain sur fleur more than anything. I plan

to get some lime petitgrain at some point. This essence has ethereal

qualities while being highly evocative to me.

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My favorite citrus scent is from the flowers of the citrus trees especially

citron (Buddha Fingers) whose flowers smell like the scented rind.

Bb

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Favorites: Petitgrain, Orange Blossom abs, Neroli

On hand:

Blood Orange

Wild Orange

Orange 10X

Lemon

Lime

Tangerine

Pink Grapefruit

Petitgrain Sur Fleurs

Petitgrain Bigarade

Bergamot

Bergamot BF

Mandarin

[Guest guest]

Do any of you use tagetes to " balance out " citrus notes? I have found

it quite useful.

[Guest guest]

Adam Gottschalk wrote:

> From Elise Pearlstine:

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

hi folks....

I like the citruses in general, and have a number....

Favorite would bo orange flowner absolute...

In fact, that's close to being my favorite essense period...

--

W. Bourbonais

L'Hermite Aromatique

A.J.P. (GIA)

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I have two pink grapefruits and they seem too bitter. Not at all like I thought

they would be. And I love grapefruit scent.

There is a soap made by Nu Skin, I sold that years ago at 10.40 a bar then, it

had a natural hint of the freshest almost not there grapefruit scent and when

you stepped out of the shower, you feel soooooo clean. That scent was just

perfect.

e

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>

> > My favorite is fresh pink grapefruit. Yum!

> >

> > I have:

> >

> > Pink Grapefruit

> > Yuzu

> > Blood Orange

> > Wild Orange

> > Sweet Orange

> > Sweet Orange fivefold

> > Neroli

> > Bergamot

> > Petitgrain Bigarade

> > Distilled lime

> > Cold-pressed lime

> > Mandarine

> > Clementine

> > Orange Flower

> > Orange Flower Water

> >

> > BTW I found, some time ago, that stale Blood Orange

> > takes on the smell of Boswellia carteri (one kind of

> > incense).

>

> Now that you mention it, I like neroli and orange blossom equally

> with petitgrain.

>

here's another vote for neroli and orange blossom....i will try the

tagetes tip..thanks!

[Guest guest]

>

> From Elise Pearlstine:

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

>

I really love the green Mandarin that came in our class kit, it's a

note that was in my grandmother's favourite perfume, which sounds like

an insulting comparison, but she got hooked on " the good stuff " living

in Paris for years, so she had really nice scents.

I'm also enjoying some Petitgrain Mandarin that I got a few months

back. It smells like citrus flowers, and green, as usual, but there's

a starchy note there that reminds me of ground corn masa as used in

Mex food. Specifically, the first time I smelled it, I was transported

back to a time late at night in summer, in Phoenix, Arizona, near the

orange groves, where I stopped at a tamale cart for a snack. Maybe

that would be a good perfume name- " Midnight Tamale Run " .

-leavesofjoy / Micah

www.al-kemi.com

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okay, do you mind sharing your source for the pink grapefruit? I sure would like

to find a good one.

I ordered some fruit scents 'From Nature with Love' and was very pleased with

the pineapple and the citrus blend......the watermelon.....not so much. I used 4

parts watermelon to 1 part cucumber and all that came thru was the

cucumber........=(

I just love their bottles too.

evie

[Guest guest]

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

> _____

I haven't smelled petitgrain sur fleur yet -- I think I really need

to... Currently, I have:

Lemon - Argentine

Lime (two different ones, both pressed)

Tangerine

Petitgrain (two different ones)

Neroli bigarade

Bitter orange (two different ones)

Sweet orange (four different ones, the one from Brazil is lovely, as

is the Valencia)

White grapefruit (two different ones)

Pink grapefruit

My favorites? Oh, that's so hard. I love most of them. I want to

say lime, but that's just because when I squeeze limes for culinary

use, I go into olfactory orbit and fall in love with the scent of my

hands. But then, thinking back to my oils... I love the tangerine -

its soft sweetness is beautiful, and it makes me happy. The Valencia

orange and the orange from Brazil are both so yummy that I just keep

smelling and smelling them. The pink grapefruit is softer and quieter

than the white, and I have a hard time deciding which I love best -

the white is zingier. The petitgrain by itself doesn't really do much

for me, but it's lovely in blends. Then there's the neroli. Oh...

Heaven in a bottle. Gotta be in my top three.

But what of the others? Too difficult for now. I guess I'm just

going to have to settle for not being able to narrow down a favorite

or three just now... : )

Andrine

[Guest guest]

> Currently, I have:

>

> Lemon - Argentine

> Lime (two different ones, both pressed)

> Tangerine

> Petitgrain (two different ones)

> Neroli bigarade

> Bitter orange (two different ones)

> Sweet orange (four different ones, the one from Brazil is lovely, as

> is the Valencia)

> White grapefruit (two different ones)

> Pink grapefruit

>

Oops -- how could I have left out my beloved Bergamot? That's one of

the first EOs I fell in love with. When I discovered Earl Grey tea in

1984. I have two bergamots and I adore them both... : )

Andrine

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Well, I asked the question and I love all the answers. I'd better post as well. 

I am having a hard time deciding my favorite.  For the fruit it's probably

bitter orange and yuzu.  I love petitgrain and neroli too. 

On hand I have (many of these are tiny samples):

bergamot

bitter orange

sweet orange

wild orange

blood orange

neroli

lime

lemon

yuzu

petitgrain

neroli

green mandarin

petitgrain sur fleurs

orange blossom water absolute

Elise

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On Aug 22, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Andrine Olson-Kirschenman wrote:

> Oops -- how could I have left out my beloved Bergamot? That's one of

> the first EOs I fell in love with. When I discovered Earl Grey tea in

> 1984. I have two bergamots and I adore them both... : )

>

> Andrine

Do they smell anything to you like Earl Grey? To me they don't.

[Guest guest]

I ordered some fruit scents 'From Nature with Love' and was very pleased with

the pineapple and the citrus blend......the watermelon.. ...not so much. I used

4 parts watermelon to 1 part cucumber and all that came thru was the

cucumber.... ....=(

I just love their bottles too.

evie

************************************************************

Hi Evie

FYI, those are synthetic. The tip-off is that, for the INCI name, they list

" fragrance " instead of any botanical name.

Patty

[Guest guest]

I ordered some fruit scents 'From Nature with Love' and was very pleased with

the pineapple and the citrus blend......the watermelon.. ...not so much. I used

4 parts watermelon to 1 part cucumber and all that came thru was the

cucumber.... ....=(

I just love their bottles too.

evie

************************************************************

Hi Evie

FYI, those are synthetic. The tip-off is that, for the INCI name, they list

" fragrance " instead of any botanical name.

Patty

[Guest guest]

I ordered some fruit scents 'From Nature with Love' and was very pleased with

the pineapple and the citrus blend......the watermelon.. ...not so much. I used

4 parts watermelon to 1 part cucumber and all that came thru was the

cucumber.... ....=(

I just love their bottles too.

evie

************************************************************

Hi Evie

FYI, those are synthetic. The tip-off is that, for the INCI name, they list

" fragrance " instead of any botanical name.

Patty

[Guest guest]

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

> _____

>

My favorites are pink grapefruit, lime(cold pressed), clementine CO2,

tangerine, neroli,mandarin, bergamot. I'd really like to like orange

blossom, because I adore the scent of the actual flowers,but maybe

there is something wrong with the batch I got, because there is

something funky about it I just cant get over. One minute its

beautiful, the essence of the blossom, the next minute it smells like a

zoo! I guess I feel ambivilent about it. I used to not like

petigraine bigarade, thought it harsh and woody in an unpleasant way,

but maybe my tastes have changed or it has mellowed with age, but I

kind of like it now.

Andrine, I too absolutely love the smell of fresh-squeezed limes! It

gets on my hands too and I cant keep from smelling my fingers! Of

course I love it when anyone is eating citrus fruit and scenting the

air with it. It wouldn't be me though, although I love the scent and

flavor of citrus zest, the fruits are too darn sour for me! Except for

tangerines and mandarins, they are nice and sweet.

I own:

Lemon

Orange

Bitter Orange

Blood Orange

Lime

Bergamot

Tangerine

Clementine CO2

Petigraine Bigarade

Pink Grapefruit

Neroli

Orange Blossom

[Guest guest]

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

> _____

>

My favorites are pink grapefruit, lime(cold pressed), clementine CO2,

tangerine, neroli,mandarin, bergamot. I'd really like to like orange

blossom, because I adore the scent of the actual flowers,but maybe

there is something wrong with the batch I got, because there is

something funky about it I just cant get over. One minute its

beautiful, the essence of the blossom, the next minute it smells like a

zoo! I guess I feel ambivilent about it. I used to not like

petigraine bigarade, thought it harsh and woody in an unpleasant way,

but maybe my tastes have changed or it has mellowed with age, but I

kind of like it now.

Andrine, I too absolutely love the smell of fresh-squeezed limes! It

gets on my hands too and I cant keep from smelling my fingers! Of

course I love it when anyone is eating citrus fruit and scenting the

air with it. It wouldn't be me though, although I love the scent and

flavor of citrus zest, the fruits are too darn sour for me! Except for

tangerines and mandarins, they are nice and sweet.

I own:

Lemon

Orange

Bitter Orange

Blood Orange

Lime

Bergamot

Tangerine

Clementine CO2

Petigraine Bigarade

Pink Grapefruit

Neroli

Orange Blossom

[Guest guest]

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

> _____

>

My favorites are pink grapefruit, lime(cold pressed), clementine CO2,

tangerine, neroli,mandarin, bergamot. I'd really like to like orange

blossom, because I adore the scent of the actual flowers,but maybe

there is something wrong with the batch I got, because there is

something funky about it I just cant get over. One minute its

beautiful, the essence of the blossom, the next minute it smells like a

zoo! I guess I feel ambivilent about it. I used to not like

petigraine bigarade, thought it harsh and woody in an unpleasant way,

but maybe my tastes have changed or it has mellowed with age, but I

kind of like it now.

Andrine, I too absolutely love the smell of fresh-squeezed limes! It

gets on my hands too and I cant keep from smelling my fingers! Of

course I love it when anyone is eating citrus fruit and scenting the

air with it. It wouldn't be me though, although I love the scent and

flavor of citrus zest, the fruits are too darn sour for me! Except for

tangerines and mandarins, they are nice and sweet.

I own:

Lemon

Orange

Bitter Orange

Blood Orange

Lime

Bergamot

Tangerine

Clementine CO2

Petigraine Bigarade

Pink Grapefruit

Neroli

Orange Blossom

[Guest guest]

>

> From Elise Pearlstine:

>

> What is your favorite citrus scent? And how many do you have? This

> can include the fruit, flowers, leaves and/or woody parts.

> _____

>

I have 6 different citrus oils and my favorite is Bergamot.