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  • Good value water based fragrant extracts? (non-perfume perfume)

    Posted by zink on February 18, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    We use a Carrubba product, but it’s > $800 for 25 lb and you need to use a lot to give the product any lasting scent, around 5% which gets very expensive in a 10 oz cleanser!

    Are there any cheaper non-perfume non-essential oil alternatives? (Some people are sensitive to perfumes and essential oils, water based extracts seem like the gentles way to go).

    chemicalmatt replied 3 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • zink

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    February 18, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    Or maybe just go for low amounts of essential oils..

  • chemicalmatt

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    February 18, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    The Hydroessential line of essential  oil hydrosols from Vevy Europe are powerful even at 0.10% so you get a lot of bang for your buck or whatever currency you may be using. Fragrance-free all day too.

  • zink

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    February 19, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    Good tip! Let’s see if they ship to the US

  • dr-catherine-pratt

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    February 19, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Hey thank you for that Vevy Europe? do you know if they are using a fixative? to make them more powerful??

  • chemicalmatt

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    February 19, 2021 at 7:49 pm

    @Zink  Vevy is distributed here in the USA by Independent Chemical Corporation (Glendale, NY), @”Dr Catherine Pratt” not sure, and they keep it proprietary, but the scent is mainly the terpenes with nicer second notes. You can always throw a little triethyl citrate into there to fix. 

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