Natural Fragrance[2][3] ●
TL;DR. This ingredient provides a product’s sensory profile and helps mask base-odor notes from surfactants, oils, preservatives, or botanical extracts.
What does Natural Fragrance[2][3] do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient provides a product’s sensory profile and helps mask base-odor notes from surfactants, oils, preservatives, or botanical extracts.
Is Natural Fragrance[2][3] clean?
From a clean-standard lens, it is acceptable when fully disclosed to the certifier and IFRA-compliant, but it remains a common source of sensitization because allergens such as limonene, linalool, citral, geraniol, and eugenol may be present. Many retailers flag it for transparency rather than excluding it outright, especially when allergen-labeling thresholds apply.
Is Natural Fragrance[2][3] sustainable?
It is usually sourced from plant-derived volatile materials, isolates, or fermentation products, with footprint varying widely by crop, yield, and extraction method. Most small volatile organics are biodegradable, but land use, solvent use, and pressure on botanicals can be meaningful supply-chain caveats.
Is Natural Fragrance[2][3] COSMOS-approved?
It can be permitted under COSMOS-it and COSMOS-organic when every component meets the standard’s it-origin, processing, and allergen-labeling requirements. Its Green Chemistry fit depends on renewable sourcing, efficient extraction or fermentation, and readily biodegradable constituents, so compliance is formula- and supplier-specific.
How does Natural Fragrance[2][3] work chemically?
This material is a complex blend of low-molecular-weight volatile compounds, often including terpenes, esters, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and phenols. Typical use levels range from about 0.01% in leave-on facial products to 0.5% or more in rinse-off or body products, and oxidizable terpenes may require antioxidant support and tight control of light, air, and heat exposure.
Last updated 2026-05-15