Book: Orange Blossom

Developed in Grasse before being cultivated in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt, orange blossom is a delicate raw material, whose buds are harvested by hand, one by one. Transformed into an essential oil called "neroli", into an absolute or even into floral water, it has the power to satisfy both pastry chefs and perfumers. Its fragrance, lively, sparkling and green for the essence, warmer, honeyed and animal for the absolute, evokes by turns femininity, childhood or the freshness of mild summer afternoons. Explore every facet of this flower with a thousand faces: botany, history, arts, gastronomy, agriculture, chemistry, without forgetting of course perfumes and perfumers. Nez editions (Nez, the olfactory magazine; Le Grand Livre du parfum) have joined forces with LMR Naturals by IFF, the reference in natural ingredients for the perfume industry, and offer a one-of-a-kind collection: "Les Cahiers des ".