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About Our Fragrance Oils
Fragrance oils
are widely used in soap making, candle making, for making potpourri, body
lotions, hand lotions, bath salts, bath bombs, cosmetics and for many
other products. Wholesale fragrance oils are a cost effective and reliable
method to use when scenting your product. However, not all fragrance oils
are created equal.
Test Your Fragrance Oils
Not all wholesale fragrance oils
are created equal. Some fragrance oil may work well from one supplier, but
the same type of fragrance - Vanilla for instance - may not work well from
another fragrance oil supplier. It's very important that you test your
fragrances in small batches of product before you commit to making larger
batches. Since many wholesale fragrance oil suppliers - like ourselves - do not
accept returns on fragrances that have been opened, we suggest that the
customer purchase a small quantity of fragrance oil for testing before
purchasing larger quantities of fragrance. For cold-process soap
makers, this is especially important.
Wholesale fragrance oils are a mix
of synthetic ingredients, or a mix of synthetic ingredients and essential
oils. These synthetic fragrances can mimic a scent in nature or
perfumers will often come up with an entirely new scent or
fragrance. Wholesale fragrance oils may contain up to 80% essential oils but
are usually 100% artificial ingredients. There are over 5,000 raw
materials/ingredients perfumers have to choose from when creating a
fragrance oil. One of the many ingredients that a fragrance oil may
be made of, could cause a batch of soap to accelerate trace, separate,
heat up in the molds or totally seize. For this reason, it's very
important to test all of your wholesale fragrance oils before using them on a large scale.
Fragrance Ingredients - Why the Big Secret
Originally, perfumes and
fragrance oils were made from plants and/or animal sources. In the
late 1800’s the first synthetic raw material for creating fragrances was
produced. Soon after that, there was a huge growth in the number of
fragrance oil and perfume companies. With that, the cost of
wholesale fragrances and perfumes dropped so even the common man and woman could
afford them.
With the lower
cost and new popularity of fragrance oils came secrecy. Usually,
only the master perfumer knew exactly what was in the fragrance oil or
perfume. Developing perfumes and new fragrances is time consuming
and is only done by skilled perfumers.
Formulas for fragrance
oils and perfumes cannot be patented. The
only way to prevent a wholesale fragrance or scent from being copied is to not
release the ingredients. All wholesale fragrance oils fall under the “trade
secret” laws. This means that the formula of the fragrance or scent
does not have to be listed. Wholesale fragrance oil suppliers will have an
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), which will detail the basic safety
suggestions for the fragrance oil. Usually, the MSDS sheet
will only list the physical properties of the fragrance oil, such as the
specific gravity, flash point, physical or health hazards and first aid
procedures in case of a spill. It will also give hazardous
ingredients information, as well as detail the personal protection
suggested, such as goggles, gloves and other protective devices.
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