Orange Bitter Essential Oil
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Description
Orange Bitter Essential Oil has a fresh citrus aroma with zesty peel, dry pith, tart fruit, and a slightly bitter green edge. It does not behave like soft Sweet Orange. Bitter Orange feels cleaner, tighter, and less sugary, with a peel character that sits between orange sweetness and grapefruit-like tartness.
The first impression is bright and citrusy, then the scent settles into dry pith and bitter peel. This makes it useful in soaps, colognes, body oils, creams, room sprays, diffusers, natural perfumes, and citrus-floral blends with neroli, petitgrain, lavender, geranium, frankincense, spice, woods, or other citrus oils.
Bitter Orange works best when its edge is balanced. Used lightly, it gives orange structure. Used heavily, it can become sour, thin, bitter, or cleaner-like.
Essential oils can be applied topically once diluted with a carrier oil. They are widely used in cosmetic goods and handmade crafts.
Details
| Botanical Name | Citrus amara |
| Origin | Italy |
| Family | Rutaceae |
| Plant Part | Peels |
| Extraction | Cold Pressed |
| Note | Top |
| Colour | Yellow Orange |
| Consistency | Thin |
| Scent | Orange Bitter Essential oil has a very sweet citrus smell characteristic of sweet orange, while also carrying some of the bitterness of grapefruit. |
| Blends With | Camphoraceous, citrus, floral, herby, minty, spicy and woodsy oils. |
| Group | Citrus |
Cautions
Never use pure oils on the skin without diluting, never use internally, keep away from children and eyes, always check if there are any medical issues which could cause a problem. Seek help if you have any doubts.
