Neroli

The light of orange blossoms

Its scent is fresh, bright, and delicately floral. It reveals facets of citrus, white flowers, and honey, enhanced by a slight green touch that gives it all its elegance. Both sparkling and enveloping, it brings a natural freshness that immediately brightens compositions.

Derived from the bitter orange flower, neroli is one of the key ingredients in high perfumery. Its fragrance complements both fresh creations and floral or woody accords, bringing balance, finesse, and brightness.

Neroli evokes the early days of spring, when orange trees are covered with a multitude of white flowers whose scent gently fills the air.

A flower picked with delicacy

At Aimée de Mars, we select a neroli (Citrus aurantium amara) grown in Tunisia, a land of tradition where bitter orange trees thrive under an ideal Mediterranean climate.

Every spring, the flowers are handpicked with great delicacy. They are then steam-distilled to obtain a precious essential oil that captures all the freshness and subtlety of their fragrance.

This harvest requires true expertise. The flowers are particularly fragile and must be processed quickly to preserve their floral, fresh, and slightly honeyed facets.

Like all the materials selected by Aimée de Mars, the neroli is chosen for the quality of its origin, the work of the producers who cultivate it, and respect for the rhythm of nature.

A material that brings light and balance

In perfumery, neroli is a heart note of great elegance.

It brightens floral compositions, complements citrus, softens woods, and creates a subtle link with aromatic notes. Its scent brings a sensation of freshness that immediately adds brilliance to the composition while naturally allowing space for the other ingredients.

On the skin, its development is delicate. The initial fresh and citrusy notes gradually round out to reveal a floral softness, almost velvety, that accompanies the trail with great finesse.

In Aimée de Mars creations, neroli brings a soft, natural, and deeply elegant light.

Did you know?

  • NEROLI COMES FROM THE BITTER ORANGE TREE

    Neroli is the essential oil obtained by distillation of the flowers of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium L.). Its scent is fresher and lighter than that of orange blossom absolute, which is extracted using a different process.

  • Néroli, Matière première naturelle des parfums Aimée de Mars

    A HARVEST IN THE HEART OF SPRING

    The flowers are handpicked as soon as they bloom. Their great fragility requires quick processing to preserve the full richness of their fragrance.

  • Spray parfum Aimée de Mars

    A MATERIAL OF GREAT FINENESS

    Both floral, fresh, and slightly honeyed, neroli brings a natural elegance to compositions. Just a few drops are enough to brighten a fragrance and give it a sense of lightness.

To be found in our compositions

Neroli reveals all its finesse in Indomptable Cybèle, where it interacts with woods, aromatic notes, and flowers to bring a bright freshness that balances the depth of the composition.

The imprint of this material

  • Origin at Aimée de Mars: Tunisia
  • Olfactory family: Floral
  • Olfactory signature: Floral, fresh, honeyed, delicately citrusy
  • Olfactory note: Heart (the heart notes give the deep identity of the perfume. Mostly composed of floral notes, they develop between 15 minutes and 4 hours).
  • Present in: Indomptable Cybèle