Bergamot | Citrus bergamia

Scent profile: Citrusy, bitter, tart, elegant, light, mildly spicy

The bergamot citrus tree blossoms in the southern Italian wintertime with fruit that is as tart as it is light. Tennis-ball green, knobbly, and considered the most elegant of the citruses, bergamot is most famously that bitter bite that gives earl grey tea its zing.

Bergamot’s fragrance profile leans green across the fragrance wheel, typically fresh and bright, clean and green. It’s typically used as a top note that flashes on first burn, leaving an uplifting and ethereal whisper before the fragrance settle into the heart and base notes.

“Bergamot is the prince of hesperidia. It is the fine wine of citrus fragrance; it is fresh, delicate, refine,” Jean-Clause Ellena (perfumer).

At Cavendish Ave., bergamot is a foundational scent playing the star role in our flagship candle, Notting Hill.  A bright and blossoming scent, bergamot essential oils have actually been found to be an antidote to mild depression and anxiety, improving dopamine levels by 17% after just 15 minutes of exposure. We’ve blended bergamot essential oils with notes of white tea, green tea, cedarwood, and lemon to dream up the lightest and most uplifting fragrance in Notting Hill.