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  • % of fragrance in liquid dish cleaner?

    Posted by Margaret on January 15, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    I am unable to find a general % range of fragrance that is added to liquid dish cleaners. I’ve looked at formulae on the STEPAN web-site, but they only indicated ‘q.s.’ for fragrance.

    I’ve made myself dish BARS, and I use 0.5% fragrance, but it doesn’t give off much smell, so I figured if I know what a LIQUID dish cleaner has, I can calculate what my BARS should contain, roughly.

    And, yes, I know that if a liquid soap cleaner claims to be concentrated, then there might be a higher % of fragrance, to account for the fact the consumer would add LESS of this to the water, to yield the same amount of smell.

    Thanks for any thoughts!

    Margaret replied 3 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Cafe33

    Member
    January 16, 2021 at 1:39 am

    You are most likely using the wrong perfume. With some fragrance, particularly ones labeled for home care, 0.5% can be more than enough to fill the room so to speak.

    Here’s one utilizing 0.2%

    Home Cleaning Formulations - Evonik Cleaning Solutions

  • Michelle76

    Member
    January 16, 2021 at 8:45 am

    I agree with Cafe33. You need a small amount of fragrance 0.1-0.2%. I notice in my experiments some fragrances tend to fade quickly in some formulae. I think it also depends on the quality, some are just too weak. In my understanding you don’t want to add an high quantity of fragrance, they often contain allergens. 

  • Margaret

    Member
    January 17, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    Thanks for your comments.  I have found that the citrus ESSENTIAL oils completely dissipated from my dish bars, so I have switched to FRAGRANCE oils instead. I’ll keep searching. 

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