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Is there a standard for natural fragrance oil, or is this just marketing?
I use EO in my shampoos, but I would like to also offer other scents like coconut, honeysuckle, rose… Some suppliers offer natural fragrances, are those any different than regular fragrances?
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I suppose it depends on what your definition of “natural” is.
You have to ask the supplier what they mean.Some might mean that they make fragrances only using ingredients obtained from natural.
But some might mean they use ingredients that are chemically identical to ones found in nature.
Still others might just mean the fragrance smells like a fragrance you’d get from nature.
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Certified natural cosmetics for example NaTrue allow to use fragrances complying with ISO 9235. In Europe at the moment there are quite few perfume houses which formulate according to this standard and one can find lovely fragrances.
I personally find, they are still quite limited in their range compared to synthetics but I’ve been told by many people in the field that the range has grown massively in the last 15 years or so.
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