TOP NOTES: BLOOD ORANGE ESSENCE Blood orange is a variety of orange that contains anthocyanin, a pigment common in many types of fruit but rarely found in citrus fruit, that gives the flesh its reddish colour. A sweet and juicy fruit, particularly popular in Italy, its essence offers fresh, energising notesNEROLI FROM VALLAURIS Extraction of the flowers of the bitter orange free produces orange blossom absolute. Distillation produces neroli essence. Distilled using techniques that were equally traditional and precise, the tradition is perpetuated today throughout a small supply of Essence from Neroli from Vallauris, coveted as much for its quality as its rarity. A key ingredient is oriental fragrance, orange blossom is also used to accentuate certain fruity notes in floral compositions. DAMASCENA ROSE ESSENCE Native to Turkey and Bulgaria, the Damascus Rose is used as essence or an absolute. A key ingredient in the perfumer’s palette, it finds full expression in the heart note of J’adore.