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Citrus bergamia
Визначення

Cold-pressed bergamot peel oil from Citrus bergamia. The backbone of countless fougeres and colognes.

КВІТКОВИЙ ЦИТРУСОВИЙ СОЛОДКИЙ ТЕПЛИЙ СВІЖИЙ ВЕРШКОВИЙ СМОЛИСТИЙ
BERGAMOT ORANGE BERGAMOT PEEL
Type
Складник
Olfactive family
Цитрусові
Source
fruit peel
Chemical class
complex natural (expressed oil)
Інструменти
Піраміда
ВВерхні ноти
СНоти серця
ББазові ноти
4/5Сила
Висока
інтенсивність запаху
Стійкість на блотері
24годин
1 год6 год24 год3 дн.7 дн.400 год
Країни-виробники
Італія (Калабрія)

Запах

The first second on a blotter is a sharp, almost stinging freshness — a bright acid flash, like pressing a fingernail into citrus peel and catching the spray. Within thirty seconds the linalyl acetate softness appears: floral-adjacent, slightly soapy, cooler than the opening hit.

By fifteen minutes the acid bite has calmed. What dominates is a clean, aromatic brightness — tea-like, faintly petally, with a dry bitter edge underneath. This is the bergamot character that perfumers build on: structured enough to carry a top note, transparent enough not to compete with what follows.

After several hours on a blotter: a soft, warm, slightly resinous dryness. The citrus is a memory. What lingers is a quiet, clean warmth — the base of bergamot oil, stripped of its volatile top, surprisingly woody.

Теруар і варіації

Докладно

Rind bergamot is the essential oil obtained by cold pressing the peel of Citrus bergamia, a hybrid between lemon (C. limon) and bitter orange (C. aurantium). Nearly all commercial bergamot oil comes from a narrow coastal strip in Calabria, southern Italy, where the microclimate — mild winters, high humidity, alluvial, clay-limestone soils — produces an oil containing 22–36% linalyl acetate (ISO 3520:2022).

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The "rind" specification emphasizes the peel-only extraction: the oil is pressed from the fresh pericarp, the outer skin of the fruit. Cold pressing preserves the delicate terpenes and esters that heat-based extraction would destroy.

Bergamot oil is one of perfumery's most-used raw materials. It opens Eau de Cologne (the original Farina formula, 1709) and anchors the fougere family (Jicky, 1889). It is also the flavoring in Earl Grey tea.

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Sources

  1. IFRA Standard: Bergamot oil expressed (Amendment 49), IFRA
  2. ISO 3520:2022, Essential oil of bergamot, Calabrian type (preview), ISO / iTeh
  3. Produzione, Consorzio del Bergamotto
  4. Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria, Olio essenziale PDO, Qualigeo

Цікавий факт

Rind Bergamot is a key ingredient in perfumery and famously used in Earl Grey tea, imparting its particular flavor.

Отримання й хімія

Спосіб отримання

Cold pressing

Формула
Complex mixture: linalyl acetate (C₁₂H₂₀O₂, 22–36%), linalool (C₁₀H₁₈O), limonene (C₁₀H₁₆)
CAS
8007-75-8
Ботанічна назва
Citrus bergamia
Зовнішній вигляд
Yellow to golden mobile liquid
Сила запаху
Висока
Стійкість
24 hours
Синоніми
BERGAMOT ORANGE BERGAMOT PEEL
Статус IFRA
Без обмежень

Restricted: the IFRA Standard (Amendment 49) caps expressed bergamot oil at 0.40% in the finished product, fine fragrance (category 4) included, because of phototoxicity. The limit applies when the furocoumarin content is unknown; rinse-off products (category 9) are not restricted.

Фізичні властивості
Відносна густина
0.868–0.878 @ 20 °C
Показник заломлення
1.465–1.470 @ 20 °C

У парфумерії

In perfumery, Rind Bergamot is primarily used as a top note because of its bright and refreshing qualities. It pairs exceptionally well with floral notes like jasmine and rose, as well as with aromatic herbs and spices. Rind Bergamot's uplifting character makes it a popular choice in both men's and women's fragrances, often serving as the opening note that captures the wearer's attention.

Роль у формулі
01модифікатор
02фірмова нота
03компонент піднесення
04сполучний компонент
05свіжість
Форми випуску
олія холодного пресування

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