If you truly love the aroma of orange orchards in bloom on a warm summer evening, then this oil is a must for your aromatic library. The aroma of our Moroccan Orange Blossom Absolute - Fine is intensely sweet, rich, and warm with a delightful freshness, considering its depth and excellent tenacity, and closely resembles the aroma of fresh bitter orange blossoms. It is a little brighter and sweeter than our Egyptian Orange Blossom Absolute, but has the same amazing tenacity and intensity of aroma. Our Orange Blossom offerings are highly concentrated with a warm, sensual depth that must be diluted to appreciate.

Orange Blossom quickly unfolds with incredibly seductive floral notes. It provides a warm floral heart note and adds opulence and complexity when paired with the lighter Neroli (historical name for distilled Orange Blossom essential oil). Orange Blossom absolute is a perfumer's specialty oil; intense and quite potent even in low concentrations, this oil is perfect for exotic and ambery scents, and in lending character and depth with amazing tenacity.

Orange Blossom absolute is but one expression of the pure white blossoms of Citrus aurantium var amara, the Bitter Orange tree, a resilient evergreen of the Rutaceae family. Although these are the same flowers that are used to distill Neroli essential oil, Neroli and solvent extracted Orange Blossom absolute are produced using very different processes, rendering fragrance materials with somewhat different aromas and textures. The absolute has a powerful aroma and is more viscous while the essential oil is lighter in color and carries a more delicate aroma. Orange Blossom absolute is very popular for use as a fixative in fine natural perfumery and for the way it perfectly complements other citrus notes, florals, spices and woods.

The aroma of Orange Blossom absolute is greatly defined by the presence of the aromatically sultry, erotic, and ‘animalic’ indole -- a stark contrast from the spring maiden and bridal imagery this pure white flower evokes.[1] Its popularity is legendary – approximately 12% of all modern quality perfumes contain Orange Blossom absolute.[2] Low yield and labor-intensive harvesting methods make Orange Blossom a very costly endeavor – only approximately 1 kilo of absolute is extracted from 1,000 kilos of freshly harvested flowers![3]