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Lemon Balm

Melissa officinalis · smell (smell-design)

germinate 15–21 °C, requiredphotoperiod day-neutrallight 150–300 PPFDwater evenly moistaroma citral — geranial + neral, with citronellal

Smell-design, on the lemon end of the palette. Surface-sow (needs light), 15–21 °C, up in 1–2 weeks; a humidity dome helps.

Scent vocabulary: the lemon is citralgeranial (bright lemon-peel) + neral (softer, sweeter lemon) — over a green citronellal (the citronella note) and a rosy geraniol. A clean reference point for training the nose, and the calm-lemon anchor against the sharper aromatics.


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