Kabosu

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Sour lemony peel with a resinous edge

Scent Profile

Kabosu opens sour and tangy, like lemon peel with a squeeze of lime juice. The top is sharp and acidic, almost like vinegar. Behind it sits a bitter-orange body with a resinous, pine-sap edge. A faint floral trace shows as it fades.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeTop · ~2h lasting

Family Fresh & Citrus, Fruity

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can build Kabosu from materials such as:

(+)-citronellal citrus · herbal

Smell words come from published sources.

Allergens perfumes with this note can list: Limonene

A given perfume with this note may use some of these, or something else, and may or may not contain the allergens above.

Origin

Kabosu is the peel oil of Citrus sphaerocarpa, a sour Japanese citrus grown mostly in Oita prefecture. The oil is cold-pressed or distilled from the peel and sold by trade houses such as Berjé and Hermitage Oils. Takasago reports a peel oil rich in straight-chain aldehydes (octanal, decanal, dodecanal) and low in linalool.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use it as a top note for a sour, tangy citrus opening. Hermitage Oils says it gives top note effects in rose, gardenia and magnolia accords. It blends with bergamot, bitter orange and grapefruit.