Acetoin is a 3-Hydroxy-2-butanone small molecule ketone found in many edible fruits, berries, and vegetables. There are two options in the market synthetic and natural (obtained by bacterial fermentation). Synthetic acetoin is a clear colorless liquid.
Fragrance
Fragrance could seem an obligatory component in high-end skin and hair care products, but it is indispensable for masking some essential ingredients with an unpleasant odor. We choose manufacturers who use mostly natural fragrance ingredients, volatile compounds derived from fruits, flowers, berries, and tree bark, which provide pleasant scents, improve mood, and leave additional beneficial effects on the skin.
Some natural substances used as fragrances have protective functions against microbes, insects, and damaging environmental factors like UV exposure. So, they expose potent antimicrobial action fighting against harmful bacteria while acting as a natural preservative booster. In addition, some of them are perfect insect repellants and antioxidants protecting skin from insect bites and the harmful effects of free radicals and oxidative stress. Combining beneficial action with pleasure, those ingredients complete the sensual profile of the formulation making the skincare routine more enjoyable, attractive, and satisfactory.
Acetophenone is the simplest aromatic ketone (Methyl phenyl ketone) structurally close acetone where one of the methyl groups is substituted with a phenyl group.
Alpha-isomethylionone is a colorless to pale oily liquid, an isomer of Methyl Ionone, but its sweet orris-like scent is felt more attractive.
Amylvinyl Carbinol is a natural substance made from plant material exclusively by physical methods, a colorless, oily liquid with herbaceous, mushroom-like, earthy, and sweet odor. It is used as a fragrance, food flavoring (intense mushroom), and pesticide.
Benzyl Benzoate is an ester of benzoic acid and benzyl alcohol. It is a clear, viscous liquid at room temperature with a sweet balsamic odor.
Benzyl salicylate is an ester of benzyl alcohol and salicylic acid that naturally occurs in many plants (such as Ylang-ylang, Brickellia veronicifolia, Hyacinth, etc.) and is widely used in fragrances and skincare products for sweet, floral, and slightly balsamic odor.
Citral is an aliphatic aldehyde found to occur naturally in lemongrass, lemons, and oranges. It is a clear yellow liquid terpene with a strong lemon-like odor and is used as a flavor in perfumery, cologne, and in soaps. It is not endogenous in humans.
Thanks to a sweet floral rose-like odor with citrus notes, it is mainly used as a fragrance, masking, and insect repellant ingredient in skin and hair care applications.
Primarily used as a fragrance in skin and hair care applications, Geraniol exhibits numerous beneficial properties, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, insect repellent, and antioxidant action.
In skin care applications, Hexylcinnamaldehyde is used primarily as a fragrance or masking agent that covers the unpleasant scents of active ingredients in the formulation.
Hydroxycitronellal (7-Hydroxy-3,7-dimethyl octanal) is the aldehyde form of Hydroxycitronellol, a synthetic tertiary alcohol used in perfumes and personal care products of its f
Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde is a synthetic fragrance known under the trade name Lyral. It is frequently used in personal care products for its floral-muguet scent. In particular, it is used in high concentrations of 3% or more in fine fragrances.
Besides its pleasant scent and masking function, Limonene is valued for its astringent, tonic, and binding action, as well as it can be used as a solvent for insoluble ingredients and for controlling the viscosity of the formulation.
It is a natural, aromatic, and oily substance with a pleasant floral scent used in perfume, in the food industry as a flavoring agent, and in personal care applications as a masking agent or fragrance.
Naticide® is a vegetable-origin fragrance that is also used as a preservative or microbial growth inhibitor. It is obtained with a particular and reserved procedure, and components are standardized and titrated.
Octahydro-Tetramethyl-Methano-Cyclopentacyclopropabenzene-4-Methanol Formate (Formoxymethyl isolongifolene) is a fragran
Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Bud Extract is a dark brown-green paste with a characteristic pleasant, fresh, and cassis odor. It is a fragrance and fruity flavoring ingredient with raspberry, blackberry, loganberry, strawberry, and black currant notes.