GRAPEFRUIT RUBY RED ESSENTIAL OIL (CITRUS PARADISI MACFAD.) - ESSENTIAL OILS

Botanical Name: Citrus paradisi

Common Method of Extraction: Cold pressed

Part Typically Used: Peel

Color: Yellow to orange-red

Consistency: Transparent, mobile liquid

Perfumery Note: Top

Strength of Initial Aroma: Exceptionally fresh, light, citrusy, sweet, slightly bitter aroma with a rather pithy note in the drydown; somewhat similar to that of Bitter Orange and slightly sweeter than White Grapefruit oil.

Self life:  3 years

Relatively new to the citrus family, Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) is a hybrid of Pomelo (Citrus maxima) and Sweet Orange (Citrus x sinensis) – a modern creation of only the last few hundred years. Cold pressed citrus peel essential oils are not byproducts of the juice industry, although the fruits used in the extraction of this product are used for both essential oil and juice.

Grapefruit oils, like all citrus peel oils, have a predominance of limonene, the bright, lemony monoterpene that provides an absolutely delightful aroma when diffused to refresh room environments.