Mandarin

Both the name and the fruit Mandarin is derived from China and it is said that the fruit got its name from the Chinese officials and the color of clothes that these officials wore. The officials were in fact called “great mandarins” and their clothes were orange as the fruit.

The essential oils used in perfume are extracted by cold pressed of the mandarin peel. Mandarin gives the perfume a much sweeter scent than other citrus fruits, the scent can be described as similar to orange but much fruitier, hotter and with a hint of floral.