CEDRATO DI FIRENZE

“Bizzarria”, chimera, legend and love spell

Introduced in the citrus fruit collection of the Medici Gardens, it comes from the countryside of Pietrasanta (Lu).

Cedrato di Firenze is the most fragrant and sweet of all lemons

"For its grateful smell superior to all the others”

The "Bizzarria", or to be exact the Citrus Aurantium "Bizzarria" is a so-called grafting chimera, a rarity, a unique and very particular citrus fruit which, despite having the characteristics of bitter orange, appears, simultaneously in the same fruit, as three different species of citrus fruits: bitter orange, lemon and cedar.

Every year the Bizzarria bears fruit that is always different, lumpy and yellow, orange or green in color.

A scent that of cedar, which smacks of legend, which tells old stories and refers to ancient spells and new loves.

Mythology tells that the young fishermen of the Mediterranean, to express their gratitude, offered to the Sirens who had assisted them, a basket of cedars.

A legend reveals that cedar is the perfume of purification, whose aroma transmits love.

It seems it was enough to sprinkle a few drops of its fragrance on the palm of your hand and rub it lightly on the hand of your loved one, to ignite a real "love spell”.

CEDRATO DI FIRENZE has a sweetly citrusy, harmonious, lively and pleasant scent, its enveloping smell frees the joy of living and fights stress.

In the East it was used to flavor drawers and perfume underwear.