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  • Fragrance in Facial Oils

    Posted by chemcurious on February 17, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    I have been working on a facial oil product and now have to decide what type of fragrance or essential oils we want to go with. I prefer a “clean” light scent, something herbal perhaps. IME more people have issues with EO’s as they’re plant-based, than quality manufactured fragrances. 

    What would you suggest? I’ll be using any fragrance at a low level, more to cover the slight scent of the oils and also to provide a pleasing experience with the product.

    mikethair replied 4 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Cafe33

    Member
    February 19, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    Geranium Essential Oil would be my choice.

  • mikethair

    Member
    February 22, 2020 at 3:57 am
    “IME more people have issues with EO’s as they’re plant-based, than quality manufactured fragrances. “
    It has not been our experience. We manufacture face oils for our own and other local plus international brands. The market niche we capture includes many customers with issues surrounding manufactured synthetic fragrances. The co-founders of our company fall into this category of being affected by manufactured synthetic fragrances.
    I do not subscribe to the view that “plant-based” is 100% safe. It is clearly not the case. What we do is not accept any EO unless our QC Manager has approved the batch # CoA. The CoAs include an allergens analysis. In formulating we do a thorough analysis of the allergens and check that these fall within safe levels in the formulation.

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