Beauty ingredient · Fragrance (essential oil)

Essential oil (other)

An essential oil or individual scent molecule used for fragrance.

  • Botanical extract
  • Essential oil
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points essential oil (other) costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • EU-labeled fragrance allergenRegulatory

    The EU requires many essential oils to be named on the label above set levels, as fragrance allergens. [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list essential oil (other)

5 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list essential oil (other).

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (83)
  • thymol
  • hedione
  • ambroxan
  • bark oil
  • herb oil
  • leaf oil
  • lime oil
  • peel oil
  • root oil
  • tea tree
  • twig oil
  • wood oil
  • lemon oil
  • eucalyptol
  • flower oil
  • manuka oil
  • needle oil
  • iso e super
  • oregano oil
  • terpinolene
  • geranium oil
  • rosemary oil
  • tea tree oil
  • aldehyde c 12
  • cedarwood oil
  • cis 3 hexenol
  • essential oil
  • patchouli oil
  • clary sage oil
  • ethyl linalool
  • eucalyptus oil
  • grapefruit oil
  • dihydromyrcenol
  • geranyl acetate
  • wintergreen oil
  • frankincense oil
  • kunzea ericoides
  • methyl salicylate
  • phenethyl alcohol
  • abies sibirica oil
  • beta caryophyllene
  • cymbopogon martini
  • mentha spicata oil
  • salvia sclarea oil
  • citronellyl nitrile
  • essential oil other
  • ethylene brassylate
  • thymus vulgaris oil
  • ocimum basilicum oil
  • origanum vulgare oil
  • citrus limon peel oil
  • pogostemon cablin oil
  • boswellia carterii oil
  • foeniculum vulgare oil
  • juniperus mexicana oil
  • leptospermum scoparium
  • methyldihydrojasmonate
  • salvia officinalis oil
  • citrus aurantifolia oil
  • citrus grandis peel oil
  • litsea cubeba fruit oil
  • methyl dihydrojasmonate
  • ormenis multicaulis oil
  • juniperus virginiana oil
  • aniba rosaeodora wood oil
  • cedrus atlantica bark oil
  • origanum vulgare leaf oil
  • pinus sylvestris leaf oil
  • cupressus sempervirens oil
  • pelargonium graveolens oil
  • eucalyptus globulus leaf oil
  • vetiveria zizanoides root oil
  • cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil
  • citrus medica limonum peel oil
  • gaultheria procumbens leaf oil
  • melaleuca alternifolia leaf oil
  • rosmarinus officinalis leaf oil
  • pelargonium graveolens flower oil
  • leptospermum scoparium branch leaf oil
  • kunzea ericoides leaf branch flower oil
  • tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
  • melaleuca alternifolia tea tree leaf oil
  • rosmarinus officinalis leaf oil rosemary leaf oil

Sources

  1. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 of 26 July 2023 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as regards labelling of fragrance allergens in cosmetic products

    European Union (Official Journal) · Jul 26, 2023 · Law

    “when their concentration exceeds 0,001 % in leave-on products and 0,01 % in rinse-off products.”

    eur-lex.europa.eu