Cvet kinota

PrirodnaCVETOVIcvetni · citrusni · svež
Srednje notePiramida
3/5Jačina
—Trajnost
1Poreklo
Uzorak
Cvet kinota kao sirovina za parfeme
Srednje note
Citrus myrtifolia
Definicija

Petitgrain's bitter cousin in bloom. Chinotto blossom smells like neroli stripped of its sweetness -- white-floral, green, with a pronounced bitter-citrus bite underneath.

Floral
100
Vert
89
Doux
46
Poudré
41
Fruité
31
Boisé
20
CHINOTTO MYRTIFOLIA BLOSSOM
Type
Sirovina
Olfactive family
Cvetni
Source
flower
Chemical class
complex natural (essential oil)
Instrumenti
Piramida
GGornje note
SSrednje note
BBazne note
3/5Jačina
Srednja
jačina mirisa
Zemlje proizvođači
Italija

Miris

White-floral with a pronounced bitter-citrus undertone. Greener and more astringent than neroli, less sweet than orange blossom water, with a petitgrain-like leafy quality. The bitterness is particular -- sharper than bergamot, more vegetal than grapefruit. Think neroli with the honey removed and a green, almost medicinal edge added.

Teroar i poreklo

Detaljno

Chinotto blossom comes from Citrus myrtifolia, a small, bitter citrus tree native to southern China and cultivated mainly in Liguria (Italy) and Corsica. The tree produces small, intensely bitter fruits used in the Italian soft drink chinotto. The blossoms are small, white, and fragrant -- similar in appearance to orange blossom but with a distinctly more bitter, green character.

No commercial essential oil of chinotto blossom is widely produced. The aromatic profile overlaps with neroli (from bitter orange blossom) but is greener, more astringent, and less sweet. Key volatile components likely include linalool, linalyl acetate, limonene, and nerolidol -- the standard citrus-flower toolkit -- but with a higher proportion of bitter, green elements.

In perfumery, chinot to blossom works as a bitter-green modifier to standard neroli or orange blossom accords. It adds astringency and a particular Italian-Mediterranean character. The note functions in the top-to-heart zone of hesperidic, green-floral, and Mediterranean compositions.

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Zanimljivosti

Chinotto, the Italian soft drink made from Citrus myrtifolia fruit, was so popular in mid-20th-century Italy that it rivalled Coca-Cola in domestic market share. The drink is intensely bitter -- the citrus equivalent of Campari.

Dobijanje i hemija

Način dobijanja

No standardised chinotto blossom oil is commercially available. The note is reconstructed by modifying neroli or orange blossom accords with petitgrain, bitter-citrus elements, and green modifiers.

Formula
N/A - natural flower
CAS
97675-68-8
Botanički naziv
Citrus myrtifolia
Izgled
Colorless to pale yellow liquid
Jačina mirisa
Srednji
Sinonimi
CHINOTTO MYRTIFOLIA BLOSSOM
Status prema standardima IFRA
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No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)

Fizička svojstva
Relativna gustina
0.845–0.870 @ 25 °C (est)
Nota
Citrus myrtifolia blossom. Petitgrain-like citrus-floral aroma with bitter neroli facets.

U parfemima

Chinot to blossom is a bitter-green citrus-floral modifier functioning in the top-to-heart zone. It provides astringency and a distinctly Italian-Mediterranean character to neroli and orange blossom accords. Key construction: neroli with heightened green and bitter qualities via petitgrain, limonene, and bitter-citrus aldehydes. The note works in hesperidic colognes, green-floral compositions, and bitter-citrus accords.

Uloga u formuli
01pojačivač difuzije
02modifikator
03nota potpisa
04sredstvo za podizanje
05sirovina za stapanje
06graditelj volumena
Oblici na tržištu
eterično ulje

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