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How much Litsea cubeba oil can you put in a perfume?
0.821%
of the finished perfume, at most
By its typical composition, Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil can make up at most 0.821% of a finished perfume: its Citral content meets that IFRA limit first. At 18% that is at most 4.56% of your concentrate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil | Citral 73% | 0.821% | 4.56% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil | 6.8 g |
| Ethylene Brassylate no IFRA limit | 93.2 g |
Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil brings 0.894% Citral to the finished perfume, against a limit of 0.6%: 1.49 times the limit. To bring it inside on its own, the calculator cuts Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil from 6.8 g to 4.455 g. Or keep the formula and bottle it weaker: the highest strength inside every limit is 12.08%.
Or paste these lines into the calculator:
Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil 6.8 g Ethylene Brassylate 93.2 g
Questions
Why is Litsea cubeba oil limited if it is natural?
Because IFRA limits molecules, and a natural is a mixture of them. Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil typically carries 73% Citral, which has its own Category 4 limit of 0.6%.
How much Litsea cubeba oil can I use in an eau de parfum?
At 18%, Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil may be at most 4.56% of the concentrate, if nothing else in the formula carries Citral. Every other source of Citral 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.