Fragrances lemon peel

It has a powerful, sweet, lemon-peel type odor of medium tenacity and is used in all types of citrus - fragrances as one of the main odor contributors. In other fragrance types it reinforces fresh, natural citrus topnotes (-+odor description) and sparkle. Widespread use in citrus - flavors and other fruit flavors, such as apple, cherry or grape. 

L. is expressed from the ripe fruit peels of the - lemon tree and is, next to - orange oil, the most important citrus oil used in - flavors and fragrances. It is a yellow to greenish-yellow liquid with a fresh, yet sweet odor, which is truly reminiscent of the ripe lemon peel. It has a moderate tenacity. The oil is either directly collected from freshly scraped fruit peels or taken from the surface of the pulp/juice mix after expression of the whole fruit. 

A monoterpene found in the volatile oil of bitter orange peel Citrus aurantium L. subsp. amara) and lemon peel [Citrus limon (L.) Burm.]. (7 )-(- -)-isomer is the dominant enantiomer in most plant that produce it, however, both enantiomers (and the racemic form dipentene) are found in different ratios and amounts in many plant products, such as volatile oils of rosemary, lavender, lemon grass, eucalyptus, and others [65], The use of this compound as a fragrance is widespread. The two optical forms of limonene, differ in the intensity of odor, which is stronger in case of (-)-limonene [the odor quality is more turpentine than orange as is for (/ )-(- -)-isomer] [66,67], (7 )-(- -)-Limonene, although not allergenic itself, forms a number of oxidation products which are frequent skin sensitizers. 

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