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CAS No.
8028-48-6
Odour (decreasing):
Fresh, sweet, sharp, orange
Main Synonyms:
d-limonene, dextro-limonene
Super-fresh top-notes extracted from sweet orange oil.
This is effectively d-limonene (CAS 5989-27-5) as a natural isolate since it is almost all that chemical. This product is produced by extraction from Sweet Orange but we also stock orange terpenes from Blood Orange, which has more orange character, which may be preferred in some applications
Arctander describes this staple of perfumery like this: “Fresh, light and sweet citrusy odor with strong resemblance to Orange peel oil. Commercial grade d-Limonene may be redistilled ‘Citrus Terpenes’ and will then carry more Orange-like odor than a highly purified Limonene. Poor tenacity.”
He goes on to talk about usage: “This hydrocarbon is used very extensively in perfume compositions as a refreshing top-note, particularly in the large-volume type of fragrances for household products, where the Citrus-odor is desirable or at least compatible with the product and the purpose. It may give lift without giving a true Orange character, and it can therefore be used in a multitude of fragrance types, including floral types from Jasmin to Lavender “bouquets”, and in Pine, aldehydic, woody, fruity or green odors. In detergent perfumes it is often found together with Benzyl acetate. It has the added advantage of being colorless. It is often annoying to introduce an intensive yellow or orange color when cold-pressed sweet Orange oil is used in Citrus fragrances. This color may often fade away after a few months in the perfume composition and cause variations in the color of the perfume, not always understood by the customer.”
Arctander goes on to point out that although inexpensive the use of d-limonene is not confined to ‘cheap perfumes’.
This product is included in the following Perfume Making Kits: 100 Essential Aroma Chemicals Kit Four ; the Aroma Chemicals Discovery Kit and also in the Blending Kit
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Each entry contains a short list of scent notes with occasionally other short commentary to assist those who may not have encountered the material previously to decide whether it is of interest: I recommend you make your own assessment of each and every perfumery material you use however.
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Many of the descriptions contain quotations from the manufacturer of the product and in addition I have quoted fairly extensively from Arctander[1] and from Arcadi Boix Camps[2] – both independent writers and both highly experienced perfumers.
There are also some quotes from Bedoukian[3] where details of the chemistry of a material are significant and from Scent & Chemistry[4] the authors of which have taken an analytical approach to the art of perfumery that is unusual and very useful. Quotations have been included from the extremely useful teaching books by Calkin & Jellinek[5] and Curtis & Williams[6] and Surburg and Panten [7] as well.
Anything not identified as a quotation is my own opinion of the material in question and it’s uses, but I am grateful to many other sources and perfumers as well as the expert authors named here. Please note that these descriptions are copyright of the author and, other than properly achnowledged fair use quoations as defined in English Law, republication in any form is not permitted.
[1] Steffen Arctander: quotations are taken from Perfume and Flavor Chemicals published in 1969 and Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin published in 1961
[2] Arcadi Boix Camps: quotations are taken from Perfumery: Techniques in Evolution, 2nd Edition published in 2009, but containing material written in 1978, 1985, and 1999 as well – where relevant the date of writing is noted with the quotations.
[3] Bedoukian: quotations are taken from Perfume and Flavoring Synthetics, 3rd, Revised Edition by Paul Z. Bedoukian, Ch.E., Ph.D. Published in 1986.
[4] Scent & Chemistry by Ohloff, Pickenhagen and Kraft, published as a book of that name in 2012, from which I have quoted, but also referencing updates on their maintained Facebook page . In addition this tag is used in the descriptions for other works involving the same authors, including:
[5] Calkin & Jellinek: quotations are taken from Perfumery: practice and principles by Robert R. Calkin, J. Stephan Jellinek, published in 1994.
[6] Curtis & Williams: quotations are taken from An Introduction to Perfumery 2nd Edition, by Tony Curtis and David G Williams, published in 2001
[7] Surburg and Panten: quotations are taken from Common Fragrance and Flavor Materials. Preparation, Properties and Uses. 5th Edition by Horst Surburg and Johannes Panten (Copyright 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim), published in 2006
A quick note about spellings: this website is primarily written in British English - it is after all written by an English Perfumer - however most of the authors mentioned here and many of the manufacturers were writing for American audiences and published using American English: where that is the case I have, as far as possible, preserved the spelling used in the source material. As a result there may be inconsistencies on any given page, but that seemed to me better than arbitrarily changing material in the process of quotation.
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