Since then, the term "neroli" has been used to describe this essence.

These were combined with such substances as lavender and neroli (orange-flower oil).

Nosegay - distilled honey water with cloves, lavender and neroli.

As an essential oil used in aromatherapy and massage, neroli is considered to have a soothing effect on the nervous system.

Miss Neroli Susan Fairhall.

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Dawn perfume is inspiring with its fresh, revitalizing and energetic notes of bergamot, geranium, neroli and ylang-ylang.

Farnesol is present in many essential oils such as citronella, neroli, cyclamen, lemon grass, tuberose, rose, musk, balsam and tolu.

This method is used to capture the fragrances of flowers such as jasmine, tuberose and neroli (orange blossom) whose exquisite fragrances would be spoiled by the intense heat of distillation.

Some of the floral anti-depressants such as rose and neroli induced more alpha, theta and delta waves, indicating a quietening of mental 'chatter' and the mind moving into a state approaching meditation.

Finally, do check that an essential oil labelled as such is in fact 100 per cent essential oil and not one that has been diluted in almond oil (this is sometimes the case with expensive oils such as rose or neroli).

Examples of this are rose otto (steam distilled rose oil), as opposed to rose absolute, and neroli (steam distilled oil from the blossom of the bitter orange tree), as opposed to orange blossom absolute.