What Is Fragrance?
What It Is
Fragrance is a formulation category rather than a single molecule. In cosmetic ingredient nomenclature, fragrance compositions are commonly declared as Parfum and may contain mixtures of natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic aromatic materials.
What It Does
Its primary role is to provide, modify or mask the odour of a cosmetic formulation and to create a consistent sensory profile.
How It Functions in a Formulation
Fragrance compositions can be used in bath salts, bath soaks and body-care products. The exact composition is normally controlled by the fragrance supplier and its regulatory documentation, and the finished formulation determines how the fragrance is experienced.
Safety and Tolerance
Fragrance can be relevant to skin tolerance because some fragrance components are recognised contact allergens. The source does not support treating all fragrance as harmful or assuming that natural fragrance is automatically safer than synthetic fragrance.
What the Source Supports
The source supports fragrance as a complex cosmetic scenting category commonly declared as Parfum. The appropriate discussion is composition, formulation and individual tolerance rather than a blanket judgement about natural or synthetic origin.