Fragrance and essential oil regulation?

[ymk515]

Hi, I am new with the cold processed soap making and I have been just mixing in the essential and fragrance oil without thinking until I found that there's essential oil and fragrance regulation?
Where do I find that? I am in canada and now I am suspecting the soaps that I made are even safe to use Thank you !!

 

[Blufuz]

I’m sure the professionals will chime in with details, but as a hobbiest, I relied on the supplier’s indications, like bramble berry’s fragrance calculator.

 

[Relle]

@ymk515, each soap supplier, no matter what country you are in, should have a % rate of usage of each FO or EO on the listing of the fragrance. If they don't, don't buy from them. I wouldn't be adding fragrance willy nilly as it could be too much.

 

[dibbles]

Soap suppliers should list the IFRA rate for the fragrance oils they sell. This is the usage rate that is considered skin safe, but sometimes a fragrance can be skin safe at a percentage that is more than you would want to use in your soap. I don’t use more than 6% of my oil weight, which is about one ounce of fragrance for each pound of oils in your batch. If the scent isn’t strong enough at 6%, I won’t use the fragrance in soap again.

 

[ymk515]

thank you!