How much Geranium oil can you put in a perfume?

8.6%

of the finished perfume, at most

By its typical composition, Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon can make up at most 8.6% of a finished perfume: its Rose ketones content meets that IFRA limit first. At 18% that is at most 47.7% of your concentrate.

Grades differ, and the table below has each one.

Check your own formula in the free IFRA calculator

Grade by grade

Each grade in PerfuMate's catalog, read through its typical composition by the calculator's engine:

Material	Held by	At most, of the perfume	At 18%, of the concentrate
Geranium Absolute (Pelargonium graveolens)	Geraniol 18%	26.1%	no limit at this strength
Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon	Rose ketones 0.5%	8.6%	47.7%
Geranium Essential Oil Egypt	Rose ketones 0.5%	8.6%	47.7%
Geranium Oil China	Citronellol 42%	28.5%	no limit at this strength

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
Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon	30 g
Ethylene Brassylate no IFRA limit	70 g

Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon brings 0.027% Rose ketones to the finished perfume, 63% of the limit: inside it.

Open this example in the IFRA calculator

Or paste these lines into the calculator:

Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon  30 g
Ethylene Brassylate  70 g

Questions

Why is Geranium oil limited if it is natural?

Because IFRA limits molecules, and a natural is a mixture of them. Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon typically carries 0.5% Rose ketones, which has its own Category 4 limit of 0.043%.

How much Geranium oil can I use in an eau de parfum?

At 18%, Geranium Essential Oil Bourbon may be at most 47.7% of the concentrate, if nothing else in the formula carries Rose ketones. Every other source of Rose ketones counts toward the same total.

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.