CandleScience CleanScents® Ingredient Information
We designed our in-house CandleScience CleanScents® Program to empower makers beyond current fragrance industry safety standards. All of our fragrance oils are made without phthalates and ingredients from the California Prop 65 list, but we know that makers care about other ingredients, too. The logo designations on our fragrance product pages highlight what is and isn’t in our fragrance oils.
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CandleScience CleanScents+ fragrances are designated by a logo with a checkmark and plus sign inside a teardrop. CleanScents+ fragrances are formulated without acute toxins, organ toxins, carcinogens, mutagens, and reproductive toxins. No ingredients listed on this page are found in CleanScents+ fragrances.
CandleScience CleanScents fragrances are designated by a logo with a checkmark inside a teardrop. These fragrances contain ingredients that, due to emerging research, have potential safety concerns that require further investigation to fully assess their health and environmental impacts. Experts refer to these ingredients as suspected carcinogens, mutagens, or reproductive toxins (CMRs). We identify these suspected ingredients and disclose them in the table below.
The CandleScience CleanScents Program lets you, the maker, decide what ingredients you’re comfortable using in your products. We’re committed to greater fragrance ingredient transparency and, as part of that effort, we disclose ingredient information for CleanScents and provide links to fragrance safety resources.
The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM)—an independent organization that researches fragrance ingredient safety information for consumer and environmental protection—provides these resources to the public. While they’re primarily meant for the scientific community, we decided to link them here to empower makers to choose fragrances that align with their values and customer preferences.
To learn more about these ingredients, we encourage makers to visit the Fragrance Material Safety Assessment Center. This site provides a database of peer-reviewed Safety Assessments, toxicological evaluations of individual fragrance ingredients, and related papers and research from RIFM. Search the database by entering an ingredient’s Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number, which is provided below. RIFM maintains this database in partnership with Elsevier. CandleScience does not maintain or contribute to this information.
Where possible, we provide an abbreviated explanation of the ingredient, along with a CAS number. There are often multiple names for the same ingredient, so we use a CAS registry number as the primary identifier.
Want to learn more about our CandleScience CleanScents Program? Visit our overview page for a quick breakdown and list of frequently asked questions.
CandleScience CleanScents Ingredient Information
- Benzenepropanal, 4-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-
CAS: 18127-01-0
An aromatic aldehyde used in perfumery. It has a fragrance reminiscent of lily of the valley.
- Bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate
CAS: 52829-07-09
A functional synthetic ingredient used in fragrance as a UV stabilizer.
- cis-3-Hexenyl salicylate
CAS: 65405-77-9
A synthetic aroma compound used to add green, floral notes to a fragrance.
- Cyclamen aldehyde
CAS: 103-95-7
This lab-made fragrance ingredient has been used in perfumery since the 1920s.
- gamma-Terpinene
CAS: 99-85-4
A naturally occurring component of tea tree essential oil.
- Isobornyl cyclohexanol
CAS: 3407-42-9
A synthetic ingredient used to mimic sandalwood and vetiver in fragrances.
- Butylphenyl methylpropanal
CAS: 80-54-6
A synthetic aldehyde widely used in perfumery for its floral aroma.
- Methyl-1,3-benzodioxole-5-propionaldehyde/alpha
CAS: 1205-17-0
A chemical compound derived from the synthetic chemical heliotropin. This is an aldehyde that is used in perfumes.
- p-Cymene
CAS: 99-87-6
A naturally occurring ingredient found in many aromatic plant essential oils like artemisia and thyme. It is also present in some foods like carrots, oranges, and raspberries.
- Phenol, 2-Methoxy-, Reaction Products With 2,2- Dimethyl-3-Methylenebicyclo[2.2.1]Heptane, Hydrogenated
CAS: 70955-71-4
The full chemical name used for this ingredient describes the specific chemical reaction involved in creating this compound. This is a lab created ingredient.
- Pino acetaldehyde
CAS: 33885-51-7
A synthetic fragrance ingredient that has a marine, woody, and herbal odor.