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Huile essentielle de Bigarade (Orange amère) - 30 gr | - |
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Huile essentielle de Bigarade (Orange amère) - 30 gr
Certifications :
General Presentation
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CAS N° :
68916-04-1 -
EINECS number :
639-591-0 -
FEMA number :
2823
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Volatility :
Head -
Price Range :
€€
Physico chemical properties
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Appearance :
Pale yellow liquid -
Density :
May have variations upon origins: America -> 0,840 - 0,860 @20°C Equador -> 0,845 - 0,860 @20°C Mediterranean -> 0,840 - 0,860 @20°C -
Refractive Index @20°C :
May have variations upon origins: America -> 1,472 - 1,476 @20°C Equador -> 1,473 - 1,478 @20°C Mediterranean -> 1,472 - 1,476 @20°C -
Optical rotation :
May have variations upon origins: America -> +88° // +98° Equador -> +88° // +95° Mediterranean -> +88° // +98° -
Vapor pressure :
Data not available. -
Flash Point :
Data not available. -
Acid Value :
Botanical informations
Botanical name :
Data not available.
Botanical profile :
Orange blossom is the flower of the bitter orange tree, which belongs to the Rutaceae family and the genus Citrus L.
The Rutaceae family includes all citrus fruits, as well as plants such as buchu and amyris.
Chemotypes :
The Citrus L. genus, which includes the vast majority of citrus fruits, contains a large number of varieties used in perfumery:
- Citrus × aurantium L.: Bitter orange tree, cultivated in Spain and Florida. Orange oil expressed (Bitter) / Orange oil (Bitter) / Petitgrain bigarade oil / Petitgrain bigarade absolute / Petitgrain oil (Paraguay) / Orange flower absolute (Bitter) / Orange flower concrete (Bitter) / Orange flower SFE (Bitter)
- Citrus × aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle: The lime tree, mostly cultivated in Mexico. Lime oil expressed / Lime oil distilled
- Citrus × bergamia Risso: The bergamot tree, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange, cultivated for its fruit and petitgrain oils. Bergamot oil expressed / Petitgrain bergamot absolute.
- Citrus hystrix DC.: Kaffir lime, grown in Thailand and India. Kaffir lime oil.
- Citrus × junos Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka: Yuzu, produced in Japan and Korea. Yuzu oil / Citrus junos oil / Citrus junos extract
- Citrus × limon (L.) Burm.fil.: The lemon tree, cultivated in Italy for its fruit and leafy branches. Lemon oil / Lemon oil (distilled, rectified) / Petitgrain lemon oil
- Citrus × paradisi Macfad.: The grapefruit tree, of Malay origin, cultivated in Brazil and Israel for its fruit’s essential oil. Grapefruit oil / Grapefruit flower oil / Grapefruit oil expressed
- Citrus sinensis L.: The sweet orange tree, widely cultivated in Brazil and California, is the most used citrus in perfumery. Orange flower absolute (Sweet) / Orange flower concrete (Sweet) / Orange flower SFE (Sweet) / Orange cold pressed (Sweet)
- Citrus reticulata Blanco: The mandarin tree, especially cultivated in Italy for its fruit and petitgrain (leaf oil). Mandarin oil (red) / Mandarin oil (yellow) / Mandarin oil (green) / Petitgrain mandarin oil. Its hybrid with sweet orange gave rise to the clementine (Clementine oil).
- Citrus medica L.: The citron tree, grown in Sicily. Citron oil.
Extractions & Uses
Extraction process :
The bigaradier is a tree about 3 meters tall in adulthood, and provides fruits 7 to 8 cm in diameter.
The harvest is mechanized: a tractor passes between the rows of trees, shakes them to make the fruits fall and take them to the factory in its receptacle. The fruits are sorted mechanically and washed. The pulp and zest are separated to obtain the juice and the essential oil separately.
The extraction is done in the sfumatrice, pricking the zest to extract the aromatic compounds. The essential oil is carried away by a stream of water to be centrifuged, in order to separate the oil from the water and the debris from the peel.
The yield of the essential oil of bitter orange is between 1 and 2%.
In addition, an orange juice concentration gives an ''Oil phase '' essential oil. After the extraction of the juice and the essential oil, the leftovers of the fruit, which are called ''molasses '', allows to collect D-limonene by distillation. Finally, a fractional distillation of the essential oil allows to separately collect an orange terpenes EO and a deterpenated EO (the percentage of deterpenation is specified) which concentrates the essential oil aldehydes, for more power.
The bigaradier gives many extracts. The bitter orange gives an essential oil by cold expression of the fruit. If we treat branches and twigs by hydrodistillation, we obtain Petitgrain Bigarade EO. Finally, if we use the flower, we can obtain Orange Blossom Absolute (extraction with volatile solvent) and Neroli EO (hydrodistillation).
Uses in perfumery :
Brings an amber facet in fine fragrance. Brings an animalic and floral facet to an orange accord.
Stability :
Solubility issues in perfumes
Citruses tend to fade through time in perfumes
Limonene tends to convert into Carvone through time, and to give a minthy note to the oil
Major Components :
- For American qualities
- D-Limonene (93 - 95%)
- Myrcene (1,6 - 2%)
- Linalyl acetate (0,6 - 1%)
- Beta-pinene (0,3 - 1,2%)
- Alpha-pinene (0,3 - 0,7%)
- Beta-caryophyllene (< 0,2%)
- (E)-Beta-nérolidol (< 0,2%)
- Aldehyde C-8 (< 0,2%)
- Linalool (0,1 - 0,4%)
- Geranyl acetate (0,1 - 0,3%)
- Germacrene-D (0,1 - 0,2%)
- Aldehyde C-10 (0,1 - 0,2%)
- Pour les qualités équateur :
- D-Limonene (92 - 95%)
- Myrcene (1,6 - 2%)
- Beta-pinene (0,3 - 0,8%)
- Alpha-pinene (0,3 - 0,6%)
- Linalyl acetate (< 0,5%)
- Geranyl acetate (< 0,3%)
- (E)-Beta-nerolidol (< 0,3%)
- Aldehyde C-8 (< 0,3%)
- Aldehyde C-10 (< 0,2%)
- Linalool (0,1 - 0,4%)
- Beta-caryophyllene (< 0,1%)
- Germacrene-D (< 0,1%)
Photo credits: ScenTree SAS
Other comments :
The bitter orange comes from a crossing between pomelo (citrus maxima) and mandarin (citrus reticulata).
Citrus currently suffer from a disease called ''citrus greening ''. This disease is deadly for citrus fruits and no treatment exists. It is transmitted by a vector insect that attacks young shoots: the psylla. This results in the premature death of many trees and therefore the decline in the general production of the essential oil and its quality (reduction of the D-Limonene level).
Regulations & IFRA
Allergens :
This ingredient is classified as an allergen under European Regulation 2023/1545, dated August 26, 2023.
Its presence must therefore be declared on product labels when it exceeds 0.001% in leave-on products and 0.01% in rinse-off products.
IFRA 51th :
This ingredient is restricted by the 51th amendment
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Restriction type :
RESTRICTION -
Cause of restriction :
PHOTOTOXICITY -
Amendment :
49
- Quantitative limit on the use :
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Cat.1 Cat.2 Cat.3 Cat.4 Cat.5A B C DCat.6 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 %1,25 % Cat.5A B C DCat.6 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 % 1,25 %1,25 % Cat.7A BCat.8 Cat.9 Cat.10A BCat.11A BCat.12 No Restriction 1,25 %1,25 % No Restriction No Restriction 1,25 %No Restriction 1,25 %No Restriction Cat.10A BCat.11A BCat.12 No Restriction 1,25 %No Restriction 1,25 %No Restriction
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Restricted ingredients due to phototoxicity considerations: notes
The Standard is set due to the phototoxic effects of Bitter orange peel oil expressed. For more detailed information on the application of this Standard, please refer to the note on phototoxic ingredients in chapter 1 of the Guidance for the use of IFRA Standards. If the level of furocoumarins is unknown, the restriction level specified in this IFRA Standard applies. Combination effects of phototoxic ingredients are only taken into consideration for the furocoumarin-containing fragrance ingredients (extracts) listed in the IFRA Standard of Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils. If combinations of furocoumarin-containing phototoxic fragrance ingredients (extracts) are used, the use levels must be reduced accordingly. The sum of the concentrations of all furocoumarin-containing phototoxic fragrance ingredients (extracts), expressed in of their recommended upper concentration level in the consumer product shall not exceed 100. For qualities of the expressed oil in which the less volatile components have been concentrated by partial or total removal of the terpene fraction, this limit should be reduced in proportion to the degree of concentration.
