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How much Palmarosa oil can you put in a perfume?
5.87%
of the finished perfume, at most
By its typical composition, Palmarosa Essential Oil can make up at most 5.87% of a finished perfume: its Geraniol content meets that IFRA limit first. At 18% that is at most 32.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmarosa Essential Oil | Geraniol 80% | 5.87% | 32.6% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Palmarosa Essential Oil | 49 g |
| Ethylene Brassylate no IFRA limit | 51 g |
Palmarosa Essential Oil brings 7.06% Geraniol to the finished perfume, against a limit of 4.7%: 1.5 times the limit. To bring it inside on its own, the calculator cuts Palmarosa Essential Oil from 49 g to 24.711 g. Or keep the formula and bottle it weaker: the highest strength inside every limit is 11.98%.
Or paste these lines into the calculator:
Palmarosa Essential Oil 49 g Ethylene Brassylate 51 g
Questions
Why is Palmarosa oil limited if it is natural?
Because IFRA limits molecules, and a natural is a mixture of them. Palmarosa Essential Oil typically carries 80% Geraniol, which has its own Category 4 limit of 4.7%.
How much Palmarosa oil can I use in an eau de parfum?
At 18%, Palmarosa Essential Oil may be at most 32.6% of the concentrate, if nothing else in the formula carries Geraniol. Every other source of Geraniol 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.