Mock Orange in Perfumery | Première Peau

Sweet, jasmine-citrusy, with honeyed warmth and a faint indolic depth. More citrusy than jasmine, less narcotic than tuberose, with a specific orange-blossom quality that justifies the common name. The methyl anthranilate gives it a grape-sweet undertone. In full bloom, mock orange is powerfully fragrant — filling a garden from a single bush.

Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) is a European shrub in the Hydrangeaceae family whose white flowers produce a sweet, jasmine-like fragrance with citrusy overtones — hence the 'orange' in the name (referring to orange blossom, which it resembles olfactorily, not the fruit).

The scent is driven by linalool, methyl anthranilate, indole, and citrus-like terpenes. The combination of jasmine-like indole, citrus freshness, and honeyed sweetness makes it a fragrant temperate-climate shrubs. It blooms in late spring to early summer, filling gardens with a powerful floral-citrus fragrance.

Philadelphus absolute or essential oil is very rarely produced commercially. The note is reconstructed in perfumery using jasmine-type materials, citrus-floral elements, and honeyed modifiers.