White blossoms can mislead the nose. On Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange, their petals release the floral, green, faintly indolic material perfumers call neroli; sweet orange blossoms belong to another botanical line, Citrus sinensis, and their scent never set the trade standard. The edible fruit is beside the point.Tradition was practical, not sentimental. Bitter orange trees produced flowers ...More