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  • Fragrance Oils

    Posted by Sasse on February 28, 2020 at 2:21 pm

    Hello everyone, 

    I’m new to the cosmetic formulation world and I was wondering where to shop for high quality undiluted and super concentrated fragrance oils, if possible, phthalates free. I found that the ones I get from platforms like Brambleberry, and a few other brands I’ve gotten off of Amazon require me to use at least 1-1.5%, some even 2% in my hair product formulations to get a medium strength scent.  

    I want to cut down on the amount of fragrance I use to about .5% total in my formulations. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! 
    Many thanks, 

    Sasse 

    Sasse replied 4 years ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • ngarayeva001

    Member
    February 28, 2020 at 3:08 pm
  • alchemist01

    Member
    February 28, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    I like BulkApothecary for small batches. Find them to be pretty fast and reasonably priced.

    Their Love Spell fragrance is my favorite.

  • Sasse

    Member
    February 28, 2020 at 7:59 pm

    Thank you ngarayeva001 and alchemist01 for commenting! 

    With your suggestions, will it be possible to use .5% FO total in a formulation? 
  • alchemist01

    Member
    February 28, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    It really depends on the oil. I think fragrance is more of a QS step than anything else, but yes, I would say most synthetic fragrance oils I’ve used can do the job at (or often below) 0.5%. 

  • chickenskin

    Member
    February 28, 2020 at 9:55 pm
  • Sasse

    Member
    February 29, 2020 at 6:54 pm

    Thank you all!

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