CITED BY VERIFIED CLAIMPrimary study
Characteristic odour components of bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) essential oil
Masayoshi Sawamura et al.
DOI 10.1002/ffj.1604VERIFIED CLAIM
Bergamot-like odour components of bergamot essential oil
In bergamot (Citrus bergamia) essential oil produced in Reggio Calabria, Italy, gas chromatography–olfactometry with aroma extraction dilution analysis found (Z)-limonene oxide, decanal, linalyl acetate and geraniol to be bergamot-like odour components, and these four together with eight other components gave an aroma model of bergamot odour, scored 7.1 for similarity on a nine-point sensory test.
Scope
One essential oil produced in Reggio Calabria; the abstract does not say whether it is peel oil or how it was obtained. The aroma model was judged with a nine-point similarity score and is not a full recombination of the oil. Not every bergamot oil, and not perfumes containing bergamot.
How this was found
Odour analysis with human assessors. People smelled the separated compounds or the material itself (for example gas chromatography–olfactometry, dilution analysis, recombination or a sensory panel).
Source: primary study; sensory or perception work.
Studied: bergamot essential oil from Reggio Calabria, by gas chromatography–olfactometry and an aroma model.
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Smell entries this claim is about
1Molecules named by this claim
3Linked to the odour: The study linked it to the smell, as one contributor among several or as a possible one.
The claim says “bergamot-like odour components”
Also named in the claim, with no molecule record linked:
- (Z)-limonene oxide: The claim names one specific form; the identifier check resolves it to a different compound from both general limonene oxide and limonene, and SmellBook has no record of that exact form, so no molecule link is made.
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Sources
1Claim record
- Status
- Active
- Reviewed
- 25 October 2026
- Corrections
- None
- Claim code
- CLM-BERGAMOT-001
Permanent identifier smellbook:claim:bergamot-like-odour-components-of-bergamot-essential-oil · Graph record (JSON)
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the dataset release of 2026-10-25.