Essential Oil Components

Hi Everyone,

If you have noticed all the new ingredients listed online or on products and began to wonder what they all are - I have received an answer from Narelle.

Dear Narelle,
I was reviewing the ingredients and have noticed some NEW ones added that have no descriptions. These ingredients are found in the new & reformulated products. Are these synthetic ingredients? If so, does this mean that the sorbitan olivate and coco polyglucose are no longer the only two synthetic ingredients we have in our lines? I just wish to clarify so people are not finding themselves with egg on their face.

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Hi Candy,
The essential oil components now have to be listed, as per European regulations. They are not synthetics, they are natural components of our organic essential oils. The reason everyone needs to list them is that the EU has decided that they can be allergenic... unfortunately they don't discriminate between synthetic fragrances and natural essential oils. The only two synthetics in our range are still coco polyglucose and cetearyl olivate.

Essential Oil Component Labeling
To comply with the European Union Cosmetic Product Regulations, we are now required to list the components found in essential oils that may produce allergic reactions to individuals sensitive to these compounds. The presence of any of these 26 aromatic components above certain threshold limits must be declared in the ingredient list.

The threshold limits are as follows:

Leave on products 0.001%
Rinse-off products 0.01%
Even though most allergic responses occur to the synthetically manufactured aromatic compounds used in the perfumery industry, these regulations do not allow for an exclusion for naturally occuring aromatic components (those found in essential oils). Allergic reactions to the components in essential oils are very rare.

The list of 26 aromatic compounds that have been identified as allergens:

Amyl Cinnamal (found in peru balsam)
Benzyl Alcohol (found in peru balsam)
Cinnamyl Alcohol (found in peru balsam, cinnamon and fennel)
Citral (found in geranium, lemon, lemon myrtle, sweet orange, tea tree, lemon scented tea tree, olive tea tree, and ylang ylang)
Eugenol (found in peru balsam, clove bud, cinnamon leaf)
Hydroxy-citronellal (found in lemon myrtle)
Isoeugenol (found in clove bud)
Amylcin-namyl Alcohol (found in clove bud)
Benzyl Salicylate (found in ylang ylang)
Cinnamal (found in balsam peru, cinnamon bark)
Coumarin
Geraniol (found in geranium, lemon myrtle, neroli, rose, lemon-scented tea tree)
Hydroxymethylpentylcyclohexecarboxaldehyde
Anistyl Alcohol
Benzyl Cinnamate (found in peru balsam)
Farnesol (found in neroli and ylang ylang)
2-(4 tert Butylbenzyl) Propionald-hyde
Linalool (found in bergamot, cinnamon leaf, cinnamon bark, geranium, lavender, lemon myrtle, neroli, tea tree, lemon scented tea tree, olive tea tree, ylang ylang)
Benzyl Benzoate (found in peru balsam, cinnamon leaf, ylang ylang)
Citronellol (found in geranium, rose and lemon scented tea tree)
Hexyl Cinnam-aldehyde (found in peru balsam)
d-Limonene (found in bergamot, peru balsam, cinnamon leaf, fennel, frankincense, lavender, lemon, lime, neroli, sweet orange, peppermint, tea tree, lemon scented tea tree, olive tea tree, ylang ylang)
Methyl Heptin Carbonate
3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-yl)-3-buten-2-one
Oak Moss and Tree Moss extract
Treemoss extract