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How much Saffron oil can you put in a perfume?
0.0218%
of the finished perfume, at most
By its typical composition, Saffron Essential Oil can make up at most 0.0218% of a finished perfume: its Safranal content meets that IFRA limit first. At 18% that is at most 0.121% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffron Essential Oil | Safranal 55% | 0.0218% | 0.121% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Saffron Essential Oil | 0.18 g |
| Ethylene Brassylate no IFRA limit | 99.82 g |
Saffron Essential Oil brings 0.0178% Safranal to the finished perfume, against a limit of 0.012%: 1.49 times the limit. To bring it inside on its own, the calculator cuts Saffron Essential Oil from 0.18 g to 0.121 g. Or keep the formula and bottle it weaker: the highest strength inside every limit is 12.12%.
Or paste these lines into the calculator:
Saffron Essential Oil 0.18 g Ethylene Brassylate 99.82 g
Questions
Why is Saffron oil limited if it is natural?
Because IFRA limits molecules, and a natural is a mixture of them. Saffron Essential Oil typically carries 55% Safranal, which has its own Category 4 limit of 0.012%.
How much Saffron oil can I use in an eau de parfum?
At 18%, Saffron Essential Oil may be at most 0.121% of the concentrate, if nothing else in the formula carries Safranal. Every other source of Safranal 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.