ESSENTIAL OIL INTRODUCTION

 

Perfume materials of one type or another are used in almost all cosmetics. The perfume is a significant part of many other products, as creams, lotions, face and bath powders and shaving creams. It plays a minor role in other cosmetics, such as face rogue, depilatories and hairwaving lotions. It is usually omitted in a few cosmetics such as eye make-up nail products etc.

A cosmetic may be perfumed conceivably with a single raw material or with a mixture of two or more materials. The perfume compounding does not follow the physical or chemical rules or properties of the materials. Generally, the perfume chooses a basic material for a particular perfume compound and this basic material is modified with a few other materials, usually belonging to the same odour group. Usually a perfume oil contains at least a dozen materials, but it may contain as many as 200 or more materials.

The amount of perfume oil needed for a cosmetic, preparation, is governed by one`s allowed cost, the nature of the perfume itself and the effect desired in the finished products.

The following will serve as a guideline to cosmetic manufacturers:

NAME OF THE COSMETICS

Discerption	Perfume oil required
Talc	4 to 6 ounces per 100 pounds
Suns Screens	1/8 to ¼ ounces per gallon
Shave Lotion	¼ to ½ ounces per gallon
Shampoo	¼ to ½ ounces per gallon
Hand Lotion	¼ per gallon
Hair Preparations	¼ to ½ ounces per gallon
Face Powder	8 to 16 ounces per 100 pounds
Deodorant	3 to 4 ounce per 100 pounds
Creams	4 to 9 ounces per 100 pounds
Bath Oil	4 to 16 ounces per gallon
Cologne	4 to 8 ounces per gallon
Perfume	16 to 24 ounces per gallon