Bergamot essential oil from the water. The rinds of 100 bergamot oranges yield about of bergamot oil. Bergamot essential oil has been used in cosmetics, aromatherapy, and as a flavoring in food and beverages. Historically, bergamot essential oil was an important ingredient in Eau de Cologne, a perfume originally concocted by Johann Maria Farina at the beginning of the 18th century. The first record of bergamot oil used as a fragrance in perfume is from 1714, found in the Farina Archive in Cologne. The volatile oils of the bergamot orange are described as flavoring agents in the USP Food Chemicals Codex and are
HMS Bergamot (1917) in 6 weeks. They'd both been members of the crew on HMS Salvia when that ship had been sunk. An interesting historical note is that the week before, "Bergamot" had experimented with towing a submerged submarine — — thus resurrecting a 1915 method of trapping submarines. HMS Bergamot (1917) HMS "Bergamot" was an "Anchusa"-class sloop of the Royal Navy, which had a short career during World War I. Built by Armstrong Whitworth, the ship was laid down on 1 January 1917, launched on 5 May, and commissioned on 14 July. Four weeks later, on 13 August 1917, under the command