Perfumes orange

Orange Flower. Extraction of freshly picked flowers of the bitter orange tree, dims aurantium (subspecies amard) for the production of concrete is carried out mainly ia Morocco and Tunisia. Most of this material is processed further to give orange flower absolute, one of the most important absolutes used ia perfumes after rose and jasmine. It is highly valued ia perfumery, even when used at low levels, for its long-lasting, rich, warm, yet dehcate and fresh floralcy. The material is a complex mixture, to which methyl anthranilate [134-20-3] linalool (3), methyl jasmonate (15), and iadole (16) are important odor contributors. 

These can be the natural material itself one example would be pieces of vanilla pod or an extract, e.g. vanilla extract. Extracts can be prepared in several ways. One is to distil or to steam distil the material of interest. Another is to extract the raw material with a solvent, e.g. ethyl alcohol. Alternatively, some materials are extracted by coating the leaves of a plant with cocoa butter and allowing the material of interest to migrate into the cocoa butter. These techniques are also used in preparing perfumery ingredients, indeed materials like orange oil are used in both flavours and perfumes. 

Worldwide production of cold-pressed orange oil is nearly 20000t/yr. Its main uses are the flavoring of beverages and confectioneries and perfuming eau de cologne, soaps and household products. FCT 1974 (12) 733 [8008-57-9], [8028-48-6],... 

Tuberose absolute is obtained by solvent extraction, via the concrete, from the blossoms of Polianthes tuberosa L. (Agavaceae). The plants are cultivated in Egypt and India. Tuberose absolute was formerly produced in southern France by enfieurage. It is an orange to brown liquid with a sweet-narcotic blossom odor and is used in modern, flowery perfume compositions. Its main constituents are esters of benzoic acid [801, 802], FCT 2000 (38, suppl. 3) p. S231, [8024-05-3], [94334-35-7],... 

Esters are known for their pleasant fragrances. Many flowers and fruits, including oranges, owe their fragrances to esters. Esters are used in perfumes and as flavorings in food and soft drinks. 

Monoterpenes, 10-carbon-containing terpenoids, are composed of two isoprene units, and found abundantly in plants, e.g. (+)-limonene from lemon oil, and (—)-linalool from rose oil. Many monoterpenes are the constituents of plant volatile oils or essential oils. These compounds are particularly important as flavouring agents in pharmaceutical, confectionery and perfume products. However, a number of monoterpenes show various types of bioactivity and are used in medicinal preparations. For example, camphor is used in liniments against rheumatic pain, menthol is used in ointments and liniments as a remedy against itching, bitter-orange peel is used as an aromatic bitter tonic and as a remedy for poor appetite and thymol and carvacrol are used in bactericidal preparations. 

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Phenylethyl alcohol has a roselike odor and occurs in the volatile oils of rose, orange flowers, and others. It is an oily liquid and is much used in perfume formulation. 

Another perfume that may be included in the sweet floral family, and that has enjoyed great success in the United States, is Vanderbilt, created in 1981. Built around a combination of fresh citrus top notes, orange blossom, and tuberose, Hedione, methyl ionone, heliotropin, vanillin, and musk ketone, with iso E super coming in as the woody note, it lacks much of the heavy floral sweetness of the other perfumes in the group, lacking most of the eugenol with little or no ylang or coumarin. 

Apart from the materials already mentioned the top note contains a simple mixture of bergamot and orange. The middle note is dominated by a traditional jasmin base, with muguet (hydroxycitronellal 10%), and rose. At the heart of the perfume is the classical chypre accord between vetiveryl acetate (10%), methyl ionone, oakmoss, aldehyde C14, coumarin, sandalwood, patchouli, musk ketone, and amber. The amber note can be reproduced by the simple but effective combination of labdanum, olibanum, and vanilla. Small amounts of other animalic notes such as civet may also be used. 

The uses of vanillin in international perfumery are many. In aldehydic perfumes, vanillin provides the powdery impression given by the background smell, usually up to 2% in the perfume concentrate. In fruity notes, vanillin enhances the various fruity constituents (0.1—0.5% in pears up to 2% in peaches) for instance, a peach note is not fully peach without vanillin. When vanillin is combined with some floral notes, such as heliotrope and orchid, which actually contain strong vanilla impressions, amounts of 2—5% are possible. However, with notes such as rose, orange flower, and jonquil, the addition of 0.1—2% vanillin can bring warmth and elegance. In woody families such as fougiire and chypre, and also in spicy perfumes, the harsh impression also needs the fine, smooth aroma provided by vanillin traces. 

Aldehydes aid ketones often have pleasant odors. They are found as components of many perfumes and flavorings, both natural and artificial. For example, citral has a strong lemon odor and is found in lemon and orange oils, cinnamaldehyde has a strong cinnamon odor and is found in cinnamon oil, and vanillin is a major component of vanilla flavoring. Camphor, isolated from the camphor tree, is used in liniments and inhalants, and muscone, which has a musky aroma, is used in many perfumes. 

The biggest market for essential oils is for perfumes, and, as might be expected, prices for these oils reflect their rarity. Recently, worldwide production of orange oil was 1500 tons and it sold for 0.75 per lb, while 400 tons of clove oil sold for 14.00 per lb, and 10 tons of jasmine oil sold for 2000 per lb. These three oils represent the most common extractive processes orange oil is obtained by expression (squeezing) of the peel in presses clove oil is obtained by steam distillation, as will be performed in this experiment and jasmine oil is obtained by extraction of the flower petals using ethanol. 

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