Petitgrain essential oil
Citrus aurantium var. amara
Lá cam đắng · Rutaceae
Leaf, young wood, green bitterness, with a thin layer of flowers behind. It is more like standing under an orange tree than holding an orange.
The two main compounds are linalyl acetate and linalool, exactly the pair behind lavender and bergamot. That is why petitgrain can link citrus to florals and to green notes, and it is often used for exactly that.
The name petitgrain means “little grain”, because it was once distilled from unripe oranges the size of a pea. Today the oil comes from leaves and twigs, but the name has stayed. Setting it beside neroli is the easiest way to hear how differently the leaf and the flower of the same tree smell.
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Vietnamese name
- Lá cam đắng
- Scent family
- Green
- Plant family
- Rutaceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Petitgrain
This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.
Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Rutaceae Blood orange · Kaffir lime leaf · Lime peel · Orange peel · Pomelo peel · Red mandarin · Yuzu
Also from the leaves Cinnamon leaf · Douglas fir · Eucalyptus globulus · Guava leaf · Kaffir lime leaf · Lolot pepper leaf · Saro · Tea tree
Same method: direct steam distillation Bee balm · Cinnamon leaf · Galangal · Ginger · Guava leaf · Kaffir lime leaf · Lolot pepper leaf · Pinyon pine