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letsalcido said:

If you see the word “fragrance” in the ingredient list, it’s possible that it not only contains essential oils. It may also contain natural isolated compounds and synthetics.

Linalool, Citronellol and limonene (among others) are known allergens and regulated in Europe. Therefore, they must be listed if present (even if it’s coming from another ingredient in the list: essential oil or fragrance). It does not necessarily mean they added them as isolated compounds.

You can create an essential oil mix and use that as your fragrance, and you’ll have two options to list it. You can list the individual oils/extracts by their INCI, or you can “hide them” and list them as just fragrance. I suggest doing more research on this. The FDA has some regulations of what can be listed as fragrance and what can’t.

There’s a good channel for learning the basics on youtube called “Perfumer’s World” that you can checkout.

Thank you very much, your answer helped me a lot.
So I can quite make a good scent without isolated compounds (Only with essential oils)? 
Do they add isolated compounds to bring out a particular scent more strongly?

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chemicalmatt said:

Negative on the humectancy. Positive on the lack of tack. Stick with the greater ratio glycerin I mentioned and add another mufta of PG.

Thanks a lot for your answers.

I’ve got one more question.

I use 30 percent ceteareth-20 or 25 percent ceteareth-25. My pomade is very thick and sticky. It is difficult to apply to hair. How to deal with this? Can I reduce Cetearet-20 to 21% from 30%?

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chemicalmatt said:

Dimati: glycerin is the humectant, propylene glycol is added (1:4) along with glycerin to mitigate it’s tackiness. Unless tackiness is your goal - and some edge gels need that attribute - then use both.

If I add 4 parts propylene glycol and 1 part glycerin, will I have moisture (glycerin is the humectant) and no stickiness (tackiness)?

Is that correct?