Ingredient on hair labels

Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil

TheWashDay editorial · Updated · From the EU ingredient register and the makers’ own labels · How we match names

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Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil is on 17 of the 177 hair-product labels we compare, from 6 makers. The EU ingredient register lists one use for it: fragrance. None of these labels names it among its first five ingredients.

What it is

In the register’s words: “The monograph for this INCI name is under development.”

EU register name (INCI)
CITRUS AURANTIUM PEEL OIL
Written on these labels as
Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil; Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Peel Oil

What the register lists it for

These are the uses the European Commission’s CosIng register lists for Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil in any cosmetic, hair roles first. They say why a maker might add it, not what it does in one formula, and they aren’t a safety rating.

Fragrance

Gives the product its smell or covers an unpleasant one. A label may name each scent ingredient or group them as Fragrance (Parfum).

Register definition: “Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.”

Where it sits on each label

US labels list ingredients from most to least, except that those at 1% or less may follow in any order. A name near the top is a large part of the formula. A label doesn’t mark where the 1% point falls, so further down, the order says little about how much is in it.

Every label, product by product (17)

Each line runs from the first name on a label to the last; a dot is where this ingredient sits. Makers change formulas now and then; if the list on your bottle differs, go by your bottle.

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Other fragrance ingredients on these labels

Updated · The name, numbers and uses come from the European Commission’s CosIng entry (CC BY 4.0); we write the uses in US spelling and put the hair ones first. The labels are each maker’s own. The order rule is the FDA’s Cosmetics Labeling Guide. All our sources are on the Sources page.