Neroli or orange blossom absolute — which do I need?

They come from the same flower but are not interchangeable. Neroli is distilled: greener, brighter, more radiant, with a clean bitter lift. Orange blossom absolute is solvent-extracted: heavier, sweeter, more indolic and honeyed, with much greater tenacity. Choose neroli for lift and freshness, absolute for depth and persistence.

Flowers of bitter orange (Citrus aurantium). Kozan, Adana - Turkey. — Reference photograph of the material, not of a specific lot. Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 6 photographs

SKU: NEROLI-OIL-001
Material: Essential Oil
Origin: Morocco
Extraction: Steam distillation
Plant part: Flower
Lots held: 1

Neroli OilSample data

Moroccan Neroli Oil

Citrus aurantium var. amara(Rutaceae)

AvailableMorocco1.5 kg unreserved

GC-MS AvailableCOA AvailableOrigin VerifiedTraceableSample AvailableBulk AvailableSeasonalCultivated

Steam-distilled bitter orange blossom — green, honeyed, radiant and unmistakably fresh.

100 g

$1,680.00

$16.80 / g

MOQ

10 g

Pack size

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Volume pricing

Quantity	Per g
1–100 g	$18.50
100+ g	$16.80

Neroli is the steam-distilled oil of bitter orange blossom. It should not be confused with orange blossom absolute, which is solvent-extracted from the same flower and is a heavier, sweeter, more indolic material, nor with petitgrain, distilled from the leaf and twig.

Neroli is green, honeyed and radiant, with a clean bitter-floral lift and a metallic brightness that no synthetic reconstruction quite reproduces. Yield is very low — on the order of one kilogram of oil per tonne of flower — which is the whole explanation for the price.

Flowers must be processed within hours of picking. Delay is visible in the finished oil.

Declared origin: Morocco
Additional origins: Not recorded
Harvest season: Spring blossom, roughly four weeks
Harvest year: 2025
Traceability: Not recorded

Lots

MAR-NER-2025-002Origin verified

Available

Origin: Morocco
Harvest: 2025
Available: 1,500 g
Testing: Completed

Trace this lot

Harvest / collectionHarvest · 10 May 2025
Raw material collected at declared origin during the 2025 season.
Steam distillationProcessing · 11 Jun 2025
Steam distillation carried out at origin. Batch identified as MAR-NER-2025-002.
Intake and identificationIntake · 12 Jul 2025
Batch received, weighed and assigned a lot reference against the supplier declaration.
Analytical testing completedTesting · 13 Jul 2025
Analysis completed for this lot. Reports are released per the documentation panel.
Origin declaration verifiedDocumentation · 14 Aug 2025
Supplier origin declaration checked against shipping and batch documentation.

Supplier and producer identity is held internally and is not published. Disclosure to a buyer of record is handled case by case.

Green, honeyed and bitter-floral with a clean radiant lift and a faintly metallic brightness. Moderate tenacity; loses its top character quickly if over-heated in formulation.

Floral92

Green74

Honeyed62

Citrus58

Indolic36

Waxy30

Relative prominence of each descriptor, recorded on evaluation. Indicative only; not an analytical measurement.

Botanical name: Citrus aurantium var. amara
Botanical family: Rutaceae
Common name: Orange Blossom Oil
Material type: Essential Oil
Plant part: Flower
Extraction method: Steam distillation
Extraction technology: Not recorded
Colour: Pale yellow
Appearance: Mobile liquid
INCI name: Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Oil
CAS number: 8016-38-4
EINECS: 277-143-2
HS code: 3301.29
CITES status: Not CITES-listed
REACH: Not recorded
Shelf life: 36 months
Storage: Store in full, tightly sealed amber glass or lined steel, away from light and heat, ideally between 4 and 15 °C. Headspace accelerates oxidation; decant into smaller vessels as stock is drawn down.
Allergens: Contains linalool, limonene, geraniol and citral among declarable allergens. Quantified per lot where a declaration has been issued.
Regulatory notes: Not recorded

Natural materials vary by harvest, season and lot. Specifications describe the referenced lot and are not a guarantee for future batches.

Fine Fragrance

Alcoholic fine fragrance, extrait and eau de parfum formulation.

Cosmetics & Skincare

Leave-on and rinse-off cosmetic formulation.

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy and wellness formulation.

4 documents on file

AllergenAllergen Declaration
Documentation available upon request
COACertificate of Analysis — MAR-NER-2025-002
Documentation available upon request
GC-MSGC-MS Report — MAR-NER-2025-002
Documentation available upon request
OrganicOrganic Certificate
This lot is not certified organic.
Not currently available
SDSSafety Data Sheet
Documentation available upon request

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Neroli or orange blossom absolute — which do I need?: They come from the same flower but are not interchangeable. Neroli is distilled: greener, brighter, more radiant, with a clean bitter lift. Orange blossom absolute is solvent-extracted: heavier, sweeter, more indolic and honeyed, with much greater tenacity. Choose neroli for lift and freshness, absolute for depth and persistence.