Joan Collin's Olive Oil Beauty Tip

Sophia Loren bathes in it but Joan Collins advises consuming olive oil as her beauty tip in this article from the Daily Mail:

"And if your skin looks on the way out, eat a ton of olive oil, like I do."

Comments

[Benjamin Munoz]

Hello there, I have suddenly found myself buying olive oil from everywhere, mainly from my country: Spain. I have bought a few from Italy and France. Oddly enough what attracts me most about olive oil is its complex, everchanging aroma.

I thought almondy olive oils (Italians call it "mandorlato") would have the sweetest scent, because almond naturally tends to sweetness. The varietal Cornicabra (common in the region of Toledo) usually carries an odour of green almonds, tastes almondy as well. Some olive oils of the Spanish varietal Empeltre (common in the region of Aragon), all very almondy, have notes of white chocolate. I presume that the later the olive is picked, the sweeter it is.

However, to my surprise olive oils with a fruity character can be even sweeter on the nose than almondy ones. The famed "Flor de Aceite" by N. de Prado, is strikingly sugary, like peel of bitter orange, apple juice, mint and flowers of linden and chamomile, very soft and round, without any trace of green nor pepper. I am confused with the varietals employed in this oil, they normally produce greener oils, with exceptions in the same Baena region. I know this oil is decanted instead of being pressed or centrifugated (after grinding the olive), I still don't know if this method of extraction is critical in producing such a sweet oil.

What would you say are the olive oils with the sweetest scent that you have tasted?