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FR1 Allantoin
In perfume and some personal care products.
FR2 Amylcinnamaldehyde
Floral or apple fragrance; a commonly used synthetic perfume present in a wide range of personal care and household products.
FR3 Balsam of Peru
A flavouring used in tobacco, drinks and food, and a fixative and fragrance in perfumes; gives a pine fragrance; may cause contact dermatitis.
FR4 Benzaldehyde
Sweet, bitter, sharp, almond and cherry fragrance; many synthetic perfumes are derived from this chemical.
FR5 Benzophenome / Diphenylmethanone/ Phenyl Ketone/ Diphenyl Ketone/ Benzoylbenzene
A rose or geranium-like fragrance; widely used.
FR6 Benzyl Acetate
Widely used in perfumed products to give a ‘floral smell’.
FR7 Benzyl Alcohol / Phenylmethanol
Used in manufacture of synthetic perfumes and flavourings; found in cosmetics, personal care products and in ointments; also used as a photographic developer for colour film, as an embedding material in microscopy, and as an industrial solvent; used as a preservative for injectable drugs, and in contact lens cleaners.
FR8 Camphor
Gives a spicy, minty or woody perfume; also used as a plasticiser.
FR9 Cineole/ Eucalyptol
Eucalyptus, minty, herbal, rosemary fragrance; also used to mask unpleasant odours.
FR10 b-Citronellol
A common artificial perfume; Found in personal care products, cosmetics and household products.
FR11 Diethyl Maleate
Fragrance of green apples; may cause contact dermatitis.
FR12 Ethyl Acetate
Dry, fruity, musty, pineapple fragrance; found in perfumes, perfumed products, nail polishes, and nail polish removers; also used industrially as a solvent for varnishes, lacquers and nitrocellulose, and in the manufacture of rayon and leather and photographic films; used in decaffeination of tea and coffee; in Australia, allowed as a carrier for food flavourings.
FR13 Geraniol
A synthetic chemical used as a general purpose perfume (rose and geranium) and flavouring (apple, blueberry, cherry, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pineapple, watermelon) in food, personal care products, cosmetics and household products.
FR14 Hydroxycitronellal
Widely used to impart a floral perfume in personal care products and cosmetics; also used as a flavouring in food; may be found in some antiseptics and insecticides; may cause contact dermatitis.
FR15 Isoeugenol
Used to give a blossom-like or oriental-type fragrance; commonly used perfume in personal care products; also used in the manufacture of vanillin.
FR16 Isopropyl Acetate
Used as a solvent for perfume; found in cleaning fluids, printing ink, cosmetics and personal care products.
FR17 Limonene
Lemon-orange fragrance; used as a raw material for the chemical synthesis of terpene, adhesives and flavourings (e.g. Menthol), so a common ingredient in perfumed products.
FR18 Linalool
A floral scent with a touch of spiciness; one of the most frequently used perfumes; may be from natural sources or synthetic; found in personal care products, cosmetics and household products.
FR19 Methyl Salicylate
Used in perfume; also found in artificial flavours, sports rubs and pain relief creams
FR20 Myrcene
Bay, juniper, lemongrass, spearmint, hops, orange zest. Widely used in personal care products.
FR21 Nerol
Widely used in personal care products.
FR22 Oak Moss
A ‘masculine’ perfume derived from lichen; used in men’s personal care products and earthy, woody perfumes.
FR23 Ocimene
A widely used perfume in cosmetics, personal care products and household products.
FR24 Phenethyl Alcohol
Used extensively in perfumed products and in soap.
FR25 Pinene
Fresh, sweet, pine, woody fragrance; widely used in personal care products.
FR26 Terpinene
Widely used in personal care products.
FR27 Terpineol
Widely used in perfumed products.
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