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Neroli Oil

Neroli Oil is an essential oil with 26 known flavor compounds. The most distinctive molecule is nerolidol. It pairs most strongly with bergamot, sharing 18 flavor compounds. Neroli Oil appears in 79 recipes, most commonly in indian cuisine.

plant oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree
Neroli Oil — ingredient reference image
26
Flavor Compounds
8
Top Pairings of 856 scored

Flavor Science

Flavor Profile Breakdown

26 compounds

How Neroli Oil's 26 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.

floral 8 · 30.8%
fruity 6 · 23.1%
herbal 5 · 19.2%
green 2 · 7.7%
sour 2 · 7.7%
woody 1 · 3.8%
caramel 1 · 3.8%
roasted 1 · 3.8%

Most Used In

Flavor Compounds

6 of 26 are distinctive to neroli oil — they appear in under 10% of foods. The remainder are the background most foods share.

Ordered by measured impact in neroli oil — concentration against odour threshold where both are published, then by how distinctive the molecule is across the graph. Molecules measured here but not established as odorants sit below those that are.

Molecules volatile enough to reach the nose.

Best Pairings for Neroli Oil

Ranked by how often cooks actually use them together, across 453,403 recipes — the familiar answer first. Each pairing still carries its molecular score and shared-compound count; only the ORDER differs. Counts cover every characterised molecule the two ingredients have in common, not only the aroma-active ones, so they can exceed an ingredient’s aroma-compound count. For the chemistry-first view — where the surprising pairings live — see the molecular network below, the side-by-side comparison, or the Pairing Tool.

Molecular Neighborhood

Neroli Oil and its 10 closest compound-sharing relatives. Spoke thickness = shared compounds; circle size = that ingredient's own compound count. Drag to rearrange, scroll to zoom, click to open.

Molecular neighborhood diagram of neroli oil — top 10 ingredients ranked by shared volatile compounds

Recipes with Neroli Oil

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Research basis

Neroli Oil is supported by 85 peer-reviewed papers

Drawn from PubMed + Europe PMC + food-science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.