Fiore d’Arancio Assoluta (Marocco)

Adam Michael has this to say “Moroccan orange flower absolute is more aromatically alive in the top and heart notes compared to the Tunisian offering. As soon as you remove the cap you are greeted with a super charged rich floral aroma infused with orange fruit, champagne sparkle and underpinned with fresh green nuances. From start to finish this aroma is consistent. This material is rich orangey-red in colour and of a much thinner viscosity than that of our Tunisian material. Longevity is also exceptional, lasting five days on my smelling strip. Overall I feel this material is truly mind blowing, full of body, full of life and so inspiring.”

Arctander has this to say “Orange Flower Absolute is used in countless types of perfumes, heavy Oriental as well as light citrus colognes, chypres and ambres as well as floral bouquets, modern aldehydic fantasy blends, etc. The absolute forms excellent combinations with all citrus oils, petitgrain oils, linalool, linalyl acetate, linalyl cinnamate, methyl anthranilate, various jasmones, myrrh resinoid, etc. It naturally forms an important part of the fixative base in high-class citrus colognes and perfumes of similar type.”

The leaves from this tree provide Petitgrain, the fruit peel provides us with Bitter Orange, one tonne of flowers provide roughly 1 kilo of Neroli which is obtained via steam distillation. A by-product follows in the form of Orange Flower Water. And when the Orange Flower Water oil compounds are extracted we get a product known as Orange Flower Water Absolute. If the flowers are solvent extracted we get two further materials – Orange Flower Concrete and Orange Flower Absolute.

Botanical Name: Citrus aurantium var. amara

Origin: Morocco