Description
An elegant solid perfume, the scent is complex with luminous neroli distilled from the white blossoms, deep and sensual orange blossom absolute pressed from the same flowers, and a natural fruit wax derived from the peel. Together, they create a harmonious and balanced scent, one that is floral, honeyed, faintly green. A charm for skin and soul, the oils of the bitter orange tree are an ancient curative for easing anxiety and opening the soul for spiritual healing and inner grace.
How To Use
Use a small amount as a light and all-natural perfume. Can also be used as a rejuvenating face balm to help naturally slow the visible signs of ageing.
Ingredients
Argania Spinosa Kernel (Argan) Oil*, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Rosa Canina Fruit (Rosehip Seed) Oil*, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil*, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Wax*, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Flower Oil*, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Flower Extract. *Organic
Sizing + Info
Approx. 15 ml / 0.5 oz
This perfume solid may become soft or liquified during transit in the intense heat of the warmer months. If that happens, simply put it in a cool place or in the refrigerator until the perfume is solid again.
Store in a dry place away from heat and direct sunlight. As with any of our Slow Beauty, please spot test this product for adverse reactions before use and discontinue use if irritation occurs. Please consult with a physician before using if pregnant or breastfeeding. We recommend using our products within a year of opening. Opened Slow Beauty products are final sale.
The Bottle
Each vessel is a distinctive work of art, hand blown by a master glass artisan, and shipped using the ancient method of cork sealing.
Shipping
$10 standard shipping, free shipping on orders of $150 or more
An elegant and simple neroli perfume solid, Orange Blossom Salve is handmade with a fragrant neroli oil that is extracted from the delicate blossoms of the Seville orange trees in France. It takes nearly 2000 pounds of orange blossoms to make one quart of precious oil.
A soft, earthy floral with a hint of citrus, the balm is a true neroli perfume and can also be used on the face and neck to help the skin to absorb vitamin C, an aid to revitalizing the skin and lightening hyperpigmentation.
The Bitter Orange Tree
For most plants, flowering is a fleeting stage that passes into fruit once the blossom is pollinated. The orange tree is rare in that its blossoms and golden fruit grow and ripen side by side. Seeing this miracle, the ancients revered it as a tree of light—its flowers symbols of purity and love, its bright orb-shaped fruit likened to the sun. Across the centuries, poets and mystics hailed its paradoxical beauty – bitter leaf, sweet and radiant flower, glowing fruit – as the whole of nature’s cycle contained within one regal body.
The orange tree is also extraordinary in that it yields fragrance from nearly every part of itself, yielding a complete family of oils beloved by perfumers and healers across centuries. Petitgrain, distilled from the tree’s leaves and young twigs, carries a green, woody sharpness once used in Europe as a tonic for the nerves. Neroli, from the delicate white blossoms, takes its name from a 17th-century Italian princess who perfumed her gloves with its luminous, honeyed sweetness. Its twin, orange blossom absolute, is deeper, more sensual, and has long been used in love charms and aphrodisiac blends, the distilled essence of the flower’s erotic richness. Finally, orange essential oil, pressed from the rind of the fruit, is bright and joyful, prescribed in Renaissance apothecaries to uplift the spirits.
Together, these four distillations form a complete portrait of nature in harmony, with every part of the tree giving itself to beauty and renewal. Shop our Slow Beauty edit crafted with the sacred and sensual gifts of the orange tree.