Bergamot essential oil
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Bergamot essential oil, is a cold-pressed essential oil produced by cells inside the rind of a bergamot orange fruit. It is a common flavouring and top note in perfumes. The scent of bergamot essentia
Bergamot fruits harvested for the production of essential oil
The Macchina calabrese peeler, invented in 1840 by Nicola Barillà
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Limonene
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Limonene is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its nam
Bergamot essential oil
…and aldehydes, and for the non-volatile fraction, oxygenated heterocyclic compounds as coumarins and furanocoumarins. The main compounds in the oil are limonene, linalyl acetate, linalool, γ-terpinene and β-pinene, and in smaller quantities geranial and β-bisabolene. The main non-volatile compounds are coumarins…
Limonene extracted from orange peels.
Limonene contributes to the characteristic odor of citrus peels (zest)