Cold Neroli Foam

Preparation info
  • Yield: about

    1¼ cups

    liquid; twice as much when converted into foam
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By James Peterson

Published 1991

  • About

Unlike petitgrain, a relatively inexpensive orange essential oil distilled from orange leaves and twigs, neroli is an essential oil made from the flowers. It is not cheap, but it has an exquisite aroma and is so potent that just a drop of 20% solution (as described on Foams) will perfume a lot of foam. You could also add a drop or two of tuberose essential oil, although it is intensely floral and not to everyone’s taste. Add it to the base a drop at a t