Dried Orange Blossom Flowers

Scientific Name: 1- Citrus aurantium L. 2- Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle 3- Citrus limon (L.) Burm.fil. Synonyms: 1- Citrus madraspatana hort., Citrus sulcata hort. 2- Citrus acida Roxb. 3- Citrus medica f. limon (L.) Hiroë English Name: 1- Bitter Orange Blossom 2- Lime Blossom 3- Lemon Blossom

GENERAL DATA

Plant parts: Flower
Cultivation mode: Cultivated
In manufacturing: Pharmaceutical, cosmetics, skincare, haircare, shampoo, soap, perfume, extracts, oil (Neroli), insecticide.
In food: Herbal Tea.

🌸 Industries That Use Orange Blossoms / Petals (Citrus spp.)

Orange blossoms, the fragrant white to pale pink flowers of citrus trees, are revered in traditional medicine, perfumery, cosmetics, culinary arts, and aromatherapy. Rich in volatile oils, flavonoids, and mildly sedative compounds, they are widely used in functional teas, distillates, and natural beauty products.

1. Perfumery & Fragrance Industry

This is the most iconic use of orange blossoms, particularly in the form of neroli essential oil and orange flower absolute.

Applications:

• Used in high-end perfumes, especially floral and citrus compositions

• Featured in body sprays, scented lotions, and solid perfumes

• Neroli oil from Citrus aurantium flowers is a prized fixative and top note

✅ Valued for its sweet, floral, fresh yet calming aroma profile

2. Cosmetic & Skincare Industry

Orange blossoms offer soothing, toning, and anti-inflammatory benefits, making them ideal for delicate and sensitive skin care.

Applications:

• Distilled into orange flower water for use in toners, mists, and cleansers

• Found in anti-aging creams, eye serums, and calming facial masks

• Used in natural deodorants and baby skincare for their gentleness

✅ Particularly suitable for dry, irritated, or mature skin types

3. Herbal & Nutraceutical Industry

In traditional medicine, especially Unani, Persian, and Mediterranean systems, orange blossoms are used as a mild sedative and digestive herb.

Applications:

• Used in herbal teas for anxiety, stress, and sleeplessness

• Combined with Lemon Balm, Rose petals, or Valerian root in calming formulas

• Used as a digestive tonic and nervine relaxant

✅ Often served as relaxing bedtime infusions

4. Beverage & Culinary Industry

Orange blossom petals and orange flower water have deep roots in traditional and gourmet culinary arts.

Applications:

• Used in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean pastries like baklava, rice pudding, and nougat

• Featured in floral syrups, liqueurs, and fragrant teas

• Added to cocktails, mocktails, and gourmet lemonade

✅ Delicate flavor with sweet, citrus-floral notes

5. Aromatherapy & Spa Industry

Used to promote emotional balance, relaxation, and emotional healing.

Applications:

• Neroli oil used in aromatherapy diffusers, massage oils, and anxiety relief balms

• Orange blossom water used in herbal baths, facial steaming, and linen sprays

• Included in stress-relief blends, chakra balancing, and sleep rituals

✅ Recognized for promoting calmness, clarity, and emotional uplift

6. Ethnobotanical & Wedding Ceremonial Use

In many cultures, orange blossoms symbolize purity, fertility, and love.

Applications:

• Used in bridal crowns, wedding bouquets, and ritual floral waters

• Symbolic in traditional Middle Eastern and North African ceremonies

• Included in religious offerings, meditation blends, and dream pillows

✅ Celebrated for both physical and spiritual wellness

✅ Summary of Key Applications

🌟 Key Features

• Highly aromatic petals rich in linalool, nerolidol, and flavonoids

• Distilled into Neroli essential oil and orange blossom water

• Traditional uses include sedation, digestive calming, and emotional grounding

• Widely used in perfume, cosmetic, culinary, and wellness markets

• Considered safe, gentle, and multifunctional—ideal for both topical and ingestible uses

PRODUCT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Persian Name: بهارنارنج، بهار مرکبات/ Bahar-e-Narenj, Bahar-e-Morakabat German Name (Deutschland, Austria, Switzerland): Orangenblüten, Zitrusblüten French Name (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec): Fleur d’oranger

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About Bitter Orange

Bitter Orange is the fruit of an evergreen tree whose height reaches 9 meters. Strong and elongated thorns are visible on the branches of the orange tree. The leaves of the orange tree are often almond-shaped, sometimes oval-shaped, pointed and slightly elongated, and grow with very short petioles. These leaves are slightly smaller and narrower than the leaves of other citrus fruits. The side of the leaves have very small seeds.

Bitter Orange tree flowers are small and white and grow in groups. Each flower often has five elongated petals, relatively narrow, almost pointed, and quite separate from each other. These flowers are very fragrant. The Bitter Orange fruit is relatively large and spherical and has different varieties. So that the peel of some, is thin and smooth and the peel of others is relatively thick and a little uneven. Orange fruits are green at first. But after fully ripening, they turn orange. The flesh of the ripe fruit is juicy, pale orange.

The kernels of this fruit are drop-shaped, pointed and slightly wrinkled. The flesh of the Bitter Orange fruit is very sour and the taste of the skin is bitter. The best Bitter Orange is big, completely ripe, fresh, orange with a thin and smooth peel.

 

Orange Blossom Chemical Constituents It contains an essential oil called Oil of Neroli Bigarade. The main chemical constituents identified in orange blossom water are linalool together with its cis-and trans-oxides, α-terpineol, geraniol, nerol, terpinen-4-ol and a serie of nitrogen compounds such as methyl anthranilate and indole. The most important compounds from the neroli oil (flowers) are linalool (34.4%), linalyl acetate (11.3%) and limonene (10.9%). In the petitgrain oil (leaves), the main components were linalool (36.8%), linalyl acetate (22.1%) and α-terpineol (11.7%). The major constituent of the peel oils was found to be limonene (90.6%).

Citrus Blossom Temperament

Hot and dry.

 

Citrus Blossom Health Benefits 1. Brew 20 grams of Orange Blossom in a liter of boiling water for 20 minutes, then strain the tea and sweeten it with honey and drink a cup before each meal. It facilitates digestion, relieves stomach cramps, is anti-parasitic, eliminates all types of insomnia, and treats mental disorders, tachycardia, epilepsy, hysteria and angina. 2. Mix its syrup with Pussy Willow (Salix aegyptiaca) extract and drink a glass of it every morning and night for 40 days. Prevents body sweat which is caused by weakness. 3. If you use it as pessary with wool, it will increase menstrual secretion and regulate the uterus situation.

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