Description
Petitgrain Essential Oil (Citrus aurantium)
Petitgrain Essential Oil is calming, refreshing and uplifting. It helps to calms anger and panic and is calming to the nervous system. The oil is also deodorising and has a tonic effect on the skin
Petitgrain is produced from the leaves and twigs of the same tree that produces bitter orange oil and neroli or orange blossom oil. The name derives from the fact that the oil used to be extracted from the small green unripe oranges – “little grains”. Petitgrain is one of the ingredients in classic eau de cologne.
| Common name | Petitgrain |
| Botanical name | Citrus aurantium amara |
| Method of Extraction | Steam distilled |
| Plant Part | leaves & branches |
| Country of Origin | Paraguay |
| Note | Top |
| Blends well with | eucalyptus, lavender, lemon, marjoram, rosemary, spearmint |
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