Neroli Oil

Category: Essential Oil

Brief Description: Neroli oil is an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree. It has a sweet, honeyed, and somewhat metallic aroma with green and spicy facets. The cost of Neroli Oil is about $200-300 per oz, making it one of the most expensive essential oils due to its labor-intensive extraction process.

Benefits: Renowned for its calming, soothing properties, and ability to rejuvenate and regenerate the skin, making it beneficial for wrinkles, scars, and stretch marks.

Skin Type Suitability/Concerns: Suitable for all skin types, particularly beneficial for dry, sensitive, or mature skin.

Target Audience: High-income individuals seeking premium skincare products for skin rejuvenation and relaxation.

Chemical Composition: Contains linalool, limonene, nerolidol, farnesol, geraniol, and other constituents.

Physical Aspect: A yellow to amber-colored liquid.

Compatibility: Blends well with benzoin, geranium, jasmine, lavender, all the citrus oils, sandalwood, and ylang-ylang.

Concentration: Due to its potency and cost, it is typically used in low concentrations, generally less than 1% in cosmetic formulations.

Side Effects/Adverse Reactions: Generally well tolerated, but can cause skin sensitization in some individuals.

Regulatory Status: Generally recognized as safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations.

Sustainability/Ethical Considerations: The blossoms used for oil extraction are hand-picked, which is labor-intensive and has social implications. It is also a resource-intensive crop due to its low oil yield.

Variants: Bitter orange oil and petitgrain oil, which are extracted from the same tree but different parts and have different properties.