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How much Cuminaldehyde can you put in a perfume?
IFRA standard: Cuminaldehyde · Category 4, 51st Amendment
0.47%
of the finished perfume, at most
Under the IFRA Standards (51st Amendment, Category 4: fine fragrance on skin), Cuminaldehyde may make up at most 0.47% of the finished perfume. In an eau de parfum at 18%, that is at most 2.61% of your concentrate: 2.61% of every 100 g.
What the limit means at your strength
The limit is on the finished perfume, so the stronger the perfume, the less Cuminaldehyde its concentrate can hold. If nothing else in the formula carries it:
| Perfume strength | Most Cuminaldehyde in the concentrate |
|---|---|
| Cologne, 5% | 9.4% |
| Eau de toilette, 10% | 4.7% |
| 15% | 3.13% |
| Eau de parfum, 18% | 2.61% |
| 20% | 2.35% |
| Extrait, 25% | 1.88% |
Which materials contain Cuminaldehyde?
Sold as Cuminaldehyde itself, counted in full:
It also arrives inside other materials. The limit is on the total, so the calculator adds every source together. The largest carriers in PerfuMate's catalog, by their typical composition:
| Material | Typical content | Alone at 18%, at most |
|---|---|---|
| Cumin Seed Essential Oilnatural | 30% | 8.7% of the concentrate |
| Cassie Absolutenatural | 0.5% | no limit on its own |
| Lysmerex™ (Fraterworks) | 0.21% | no limit on its own |
| Ambrettex XNM 0512™ (IFF) | 0.021% | no limit on its own |
| Oud Oliffac™ (IFF) | 0.001% | no limit on its own |
| Honey Supreme™ (Fraterworks) | 0.0002% | no limit on its own |
Shares are the catalog's typical values. A real batch varies with origin and season, and your supplier's analysis (GC-MS or certificate of analysis) is the real figure.
A worked example
A 100 g concentrate, bottled as an eau de parfum at 18%:
| Material | Weighed |
|---|---|
| Cuminaldehyde | 1.3 g |
| Cumin Seed Essential Oil | 5.2 g |
| Ethylene Brassylate no IFRA limit | 93.5 g |
Cuminaldehyde alone brings 0.234% Cuminaldehyde to the finished perfume, and Cumin Seed Essential Oil adds 0.281%. Each looks modest, but the perfume holds 0.515% against a limit of 0.47%: 1.1 times the limit. To bring it inside on its own, the calculator cuts Cuminaldehyde from 1.3 g to 1.18 g and Cumin Seed Essential Oil from 5.2 g to 4.719 g. Or keep the formula and bottle it weaker: the highest strength inside every limit is 7.69%.
Or paste these lines into the calculator:
Cuminaldehyde 1.3 g Cumin Seed Essential Oil 5.2 g Ethylene Brassylate 93.5 g
Questions
Is Cuminaldehyde banned in perfume?
No. IFRA restricts it: at most 0.47% of a fine fragrance (Category 4).
How much Cuminaldehyde can I use in an eau de parfum?
At 18%, at most 2.61% of the concentrate, if nothing else in the formula carries Cuminaldehyde. Every other source counts toward the same total.
Does Cuminaldehyde from essential oils count?
Yes. The limit is on the total in the finished perfume, whatever brings it: Cumin Seed Essential Oil typically carries 30%. The calculator adds every source.
Does this limit apply to candles or soap?
No. This is Category 4, fine fragrance on skin. Other products sit in other IFRA categories with other limits, which these pages and the calculator do not cover.