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How much Safranal can you put in a perfume?
IFRA standard: 2,6,6-Trimethylcyclohex-1,3-dienyl methanal · Category 4, 51st Amendment
0.012%
of the finished perfume, at most
Under the IFRA Standards (51st Amendment, Category 4: fine fragrance on skin), Safranal may make up at most 0.012% of the finished perfume. In an eau de parfum at 18%, that is at most 0.0666% of your concentrate: 0.0666% 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 Safranal its concentrate can hold. If nothing else in the formula carries it:
| Perfume strength | Most Safranal in the concentrate |
|---|---|
| Cologne, 5% | 0.24% |
| Eau de toilette, 10% | 0.12% |
| 15% | 0.08% |
| Eau de parfum, 18% | 0.0666% |
| 20% | 0.06% |
| Extrait, 25% | 0.048% |
Which materials contain Safranal?
Sold as Safranal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saffron Essential Oilnatural | 55% | 0.121% of the concentrate |
| Saffron (F-TEC) | 12% | 0.555% of the concentrate |
| Shamama Attarnatural | 0.3% | 22.2% of the concentrate |
| Red Saffron Infusionnatural | 0.0519% | no limit on its own |
| Oud Oliffac™ (IFF) | 0.019% | no limit on its own |
| Arabian Oud (F-TEC) | 0.001% | 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 |
|---|---|
| Safranal | 0.033 g |
| Saffron Essential Oil | 0.073 g |
| Ethylene Brassylate no IFRA limit | 99.894 g |
Safranal alone brings 0.00594% Safranal to the finished perfume, and Saffron Essential Oil adds 0.00723%. Each looks modest, but the perfume holds 0.0132% against a limit of 0.012%: 1.1 times the limit. To bring it inside on its own, the calculator cuts Safranal from 0.033 g to 0.03 g and Saffron Essential Oil from 0.073 g to 0.066 g. Or keep the formula and bottle it weaker: the highest strength inside every limit is 16.4%.
Or paste these lines into the calculator:
Safranal 0.033 g Saffron Essential Oil 0.073 g Ethylene Brassylate 99.894 g
Questions
Is Safranal banned in perfume?
No. IFRA restricts it: at most 0.012% of a fine fragrance (Category 4).
How much Safranal can I use in an eau de parfum?
At 18%, at most 0.0666% of the concentrate, if nothing else in the formula carries Safranal. Every other source counts toward the same total.
Does Safranal from essential oils count?
Yes. The limit is on the total in the finished perfume, whatever brings it: Saffron Essential Oil typically carries 55%. 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.