A fragrant, volatile, plant-based, liquid chemical that can be naturally found in many essential oils (specifically rose, palmarosa, citronella). It has a rose-like scent. It is a potential irritant and may cause an allergic reaction in some people.
Functions
Fragrance
Fragrance
Fragrance ingredients add scent to a product or hide ('mask') the undesired aroma of other ingredients.
Fragrance
Fragrance
Fragrance ingredients add scent to a product or hide ('mask') the undesired aroma of other ingredients.
Origin
Botanical,
Botanical
Ingredients derived from plants, mosses, and lichens: extracts, oils, powders, juices and other types of processed plant materials.
Botanical,
Botanical
Ingredients derived from plants, mosses, and lichens: extracts, oils, powders, juices and other types of processed plant materials.
Synthetic
Synthetic
All kinds of ingredients formulated or produced by a chemical process, or those that have a chemical modification in their structure.
Synthetic
Synthetic
All kinds of ingredients formulated or produced by a chemical process, or those that have a chemical modification in their structure.
Geraniol is a fragrant, volatile, plant-based, liquid chemical that can be found naturally in many essential oils (specifically rose, palmarosa, and citronella essential oils).
It has a rose-like scent and is added as a fragrant compound to many skincare products. It is a potential irritant and may cause an allergic reaction in some people.
The name geraniol is derived from the geranium essential oil in which geraniol also appears. There is a bit of confusion about the plant names, so let’s take a look: Geraniaceae is a family that contains many pleasant-smelling plants. The most pleasant-smelling are Pelargoniums, which are the source of the geranium essential oil.
Another genus from the family is called Geranium, but their aroma is not as intense as Pelargonium and so they are not used as often. Pelargonium and Geranium were once joined as a single genus called Geranium, but then botanists had decided that they were actually far too different from each other to share a name.
Science
1
Mączka, W., Wińska, K., & Grabarczyk, M. (2020). One Hundred Faces of Geraniol. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25(14), 3303.
