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- Botanical Name: Citrus bergamia (FCF: furanocoumarin-free)
- Appearance: Colorless to pale yellowish green clear liquid
- Strength: Mild to Moderate
- Description: Fresh citrus, reminiscent of orange and lime, with a soft floral touch and a whisper of sweet and spicy notes
- Highlights: This furanocoumarin-free form of bergamot is manufactured as an alternative to cold pressed bergamot, with the amount of bergaptene reduced or removed. While FCF bergamot oil does not smell as rich as the cold pressed oil, it does not pose the same phototoxicity risks.
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What's inside?
Every essential oil contains constituents, and every batch of essential oil can be different. For Bergamot (FCF) essential oil, we compiled constituent rates from several gas chromatograph analyses and cross-referenced with medical/science literature and studies. Each rate was then weighted in the higher range to ensure restrictions covered for general safe usage. Your specific Bergamot (FCF) essential oil may or may not contain all of the following constituents or contain them at these rates.
Here are the constituents and rates used in the calculator for Bergamot (FCF) essential oil:
- Bergamot FCF IFRA (Contains 100%)
- Citral (Contains 3%)
- Limonene (Contains 35%)
- Linalool (Contains 12%)
Featured In:
Blend: Atmosphere
Contains: Sandalwood (Australian), Orange (Sweet, Folded), Amyris, Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Midnight Storm
Contains: Copaiba Balsam (Distilled), Pepper (Black), Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Mysterious
Contains: Frankincense (carterii), Pepper (Black), Patchouli (Indonesian), Clary Sage, Cedarwood (Atlas), Amyris, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Infinity
Contains: Frankincense (carterii), Orange (Sweet, Folded), Geranium, Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Sunday Morning
Contains: Grapefruit (Pink), Clary Sage, Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Opaline (Rediscovered)
Contains: Ho Wood, Patchouli (Indonesian), Bitter Almond (Synthetic), Geranium, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Limitless
Contains: Patchouli (Indonesian), Orange (Sweet, Folded), Grapefruit (Pink), Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Whoville
Contains: Grapefruit (Pink), Cedarwood (Atlas), Ylang Ylang III, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Serenade
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Lemon (Distilled), Ylang Ylang III, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Sheer
Contains: Orange (Sweet, Folded), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Tea Tree (Australian), Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Bed of Roses (Reborn)
Contains: Ho Wood, Peru Balsam, Patchouli (Indonesian), Palmarosa, Ylang Ylang III, Geranium, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Awakening
Contains: Petitgrain, Palmarosa, Ylang Ylang III, Geranium, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Oopsy Daisy
Contains: Dill Seed, Patchouli (Indonesian), Orange (Sweet, Folded), Grapefruit (Pink), Clary Sage, Ylang Ylang III, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Endless
Contains: Clove Bud, Peru Balsam, Patchouli (Indonesian), Grapefruit (Pink), Geranium, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Sunkissed
Contains: Lemon Myrtle, Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Grapefruit (Pink), Geranium, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Roots
Contains: Peppermint (Redistilled), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled), Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Aquaholic
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Lemon (Distilled), Eucalyptus Globulus, Cedarwood (Atlas), Ylang Ylang III, Geranium, Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Floral Touch
Contains: Patchouli (Indonesian), Palmarosa, Ylang Ylang III, Geranium, Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Spring Walk
Contains: Ho Wood, Rosemary (Spanish), Petitgrain, Lemon (Distilled), Bergamot (FCF)