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Calamansi Essential Oil

Natural  ·  Top note  ·  Bright citrus

Impact

5 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Citrus 67%Sweet 33%
lime 36%sugary 33%mandarin 18%zesty 12%

What does Calamansi Essential Oil smell like?

Philippine calamondin peel, cold-pressed: a mandarin-lime hybrid, sweet-tart and almost entirely limonene, so it reads bright and juicy with very little bitterness. A cheerful natural top note; like sweet orange it is fleeting and oxidises quickly, so it wants aldehyde or citral support.

citruslimeorangesweetzestyfresh

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What is Calamansi Essential Oil made of?

An estimate, not a certificate of analysis. PerfuMate sums it when it checks a formula; paste your own supplier analysis and it takes over.

ConstituentCASShare
Limonene 138-86-3 90%
Myrcene 123-35-3 1.5%
gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 1%
alpha-Pinene 80-56-8 0.6%
Linalool 78-70-6 0.2%
Citral 5392-40-5 0.2%

What else is Calamansi Essential Oil called?

Calamansi Oil  ·  Calamondin Oil  ·  Calamondin Essential Oil  ·  Citrus microcarpa  ·  Citrofortunella microcarpa  ·  Citrus x microcarpa peel oil  ·  Calamansi

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What can replace Calamansi Essential Oil?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • Lime Essential Oil Distilled
    carries Lime citrus, Sugary sweet. Mandarin citrus; Zesty citrus; lasts about 5.3x longer on paper
    67%
  • Lime Essential Oil Distilled 59% + Mandarin (F-TEC) 41%
    carries Lime citrus, Sugary sweet, Mandarin citrus. Zesty citrus; Lime Essential Oil Distilled brings the Lime citrus side (59%); Mandarin (F-TEC) brings the Mandarin citrus side (41%); lasts about 3.7x longer on paper
    78%
  • Lime Essential Oil Distilled 45% + Mandarin (F-TEC) 40% + Kaffir Lime Essential Oil 15%
    carries Lime citrus, Sugary sweet, Mandarin citrus. Zesty citrus; Lime Essential Oil Distilled brings the Lime citrus side (45%); Mandarin (F-TEC) brings the Mandarin citrus side (40%); Kaffir Lime Essential Oil brings the Lime citrus side (15%); lasts about 3.3x longer on paper
    82%
  • Lime Essential Oil Distilled 59% + Clementine Essential Oil 42%
    carries Lime citrus, Sugary sweet. Mandarin citrus; Zesty citrus; Lime Essential Oil Distilled brings the Lime citrus side (59%); Clementine Essential Oil brings the Mandarin citrus side (41%); lasts about 3.5x longer on paper
    77%
  • Lime Essential Oil Distilled 59% + Yellow Mandarin Essential Oil 42%
    carries Lime citrus, Sugary sweet. Mandarin citrus; Zesty citrus; Lime Essential Oil Distilled brings the Lime citrus side (59%); Yellow Mandarin Essential Oil brings the Mandarin citrus side (41%); lasts about 3.5x longer on paper
    77%

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Which materials are closest to Calamansi Essential Oil?

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Calamansi Essential Oil

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
2
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
5
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
not on file
Supplier and trade synonyms
7
Constituent breakdown
6 molecules

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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
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Carrying several families, in order
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Sub-category assignments
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A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

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