Abstract
The use of the essential bergamot oil in Lorraine has gone up in the 19th century. The tradition reports that it was introduced in 'Nancy' by King Stanislas Leszcynski, as a perfume. Then 'Bergamote de Nancy' was born in 1850 due to the talent of Jean Frédéric Godefroy Lillich, a confectioner. It mixes the gasoline of bergamot with sugar, which will confer on a candy, thus creating, a characteristic taste. At the end of the 19th century, the creator of 'Bergamote de Nancy' manages to find better flavours for bergamot in ebullient sugar. Then the fame of the candy would not cease growing. The small girls of Stanislas made known this delicacy at the Court of France. Today, its framework of manufacture has extended until the south from Lorraine, and profits from a label certifying its authenticity. Since more than one century, 'Bergamot of Nancy' has become, with macaroons and the quiche, a Lorraine speciality whose reputation exceeds the national borders today.
