NO. 30 - Cucumber MintFragrance Oil for Soaps & Candles

NO. 30 - Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil

Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil is not a pure essential oil but rather contains fixatives to make a longer-lasting and more fragrant product. It works beautifully for Candle Making, Soap Making, and in Personal Care Applications such as Lotion, Shampoo, and Liquid Soap. This list is not exhaustive, and we invite you to play, create, and invent a million other ways to use it. We recommend you test a small amount before scaling up to larger-size formulations. As with all VINEVIDA products, these fragrance oils are intended for external use only and should not be ingested under any circumstances.

Scent Profile

Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil is an extremely fresh and clean scent. It is just like a cool green garden cucumber blended with freshly cut mint leaves. A summer dream and perfect for creating a cooling atmosphere on a hot day. There are notes of fresh, zesty citrus that add to that delicious summer scent of freshly cut and harvested garden produce. 

Fragrance Notes

• • Top Notes: Eucalyptus
  • Middle Notes: Cucumber
  • Base Notes: Peppermint

Flash Point

161°F

Use for NO. 30 Fragrance Oil

Aromatherapy 

Take yourself off into the summer garden, pick yourself a cool, ripe cucumber from the vine, and pluck some fresh, fragrant mint from the herb patch. Ultimate cooling for a hot summer day. It’s a delicious scent for creating a fresh and cool sensation around the home. 

Candles

Gorgeous for the bathroom, to make it feel super fresh, bright, and clean.

Custom Soap and Bath Products

Add a few drops to the cold process or melt and pour soaps to fragrance your bathroom beautifully.

Air Fresheners and Linen Sprays

Dilute a couple of drops of Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil into a teaspoon of alcohol, then fill up your spray bottle with water. Freshen the furniture, sheets, and carpet.

Crafting Projects

This is a wonderful fragrance oil to use at your summer cocktail party, cool, and extremely fresh, and the fragrance pairs perfectly with summer drinks like Pimms Margaritas and Mojitos. Pop it in your candles, scent your party linen, and make sure that theme is carried on in the bathroom, scent your loo roll liner and hand soap. 

IFRA Guidelines for Maximum Dilution

Maximum dilution for this fragrance oil depends on the products you are planning on making.

It should be noted that maximum dilutions are from a safety aspect only, based on the chemical composition of the oil. In some cases, these are very high, because all components are relatively benign. These amounts are not necessary. recommendations of how much to use in your recipe. They may smell too strong or make the item prohibitively expensive to produce. As long as you remain below the advised limits, you can be as generous or parsimonious as you like. Use more, use less. We’ll leave the creative stuff to you.

Based on the ingredients used, as per the International Fragrance Regulation Authority, the following maximum dilutions apply. 

Directions for Use

Candles

Candles and related scented items fall under Category 12 of the IFRA safety standards. Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil has no restrictions on use for category 12. Feel free to use as much or as little as pleases your nose. 

Soaps and Bathroom Fragrances

Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil lends itself well to bathroom products. Maximum dilution for personal care applications such as lotion shampoo and liquid soap or any other IFRA category 9 product is 5.03%. This category also covers laundry pretreatment and cleaning products.

Maximum dilution for making an aerosol room spray or any other item that will be propelled using a pump is category 10B and 7.40%.

Hand Made Perfumery

Fragrance oils make wonderful additions to handmade perfumes. For cologne in category 3B designed to be applied to freshly shaved skin, a maximum dilution of 0.40% is appropriate. This would apply to both Eau de Toilettes and fine fragrances. For hydroalcoholic perfumery products in category 4A, designed to be used on unshaved skin, a maximum dilution of 5.00%.

If you decide to use Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil in deodorant or antiperspirant products in category 2, the maximum dilution is 0.59%. This applies to either roll-on or body spray products.

Body Care

As per the IFRA regulations, the maximum safe dilution for Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil For category 5A is set at 1.30% if it is used for body creams, foot care products, insect repellents, or talcum powder.

For specialized hand creams or fragrance hand sanitizers in category 5C, the maximum dilution would be 0.64%.

Safety Caution

Cucumber Mint Fragrance Oil is not approved under IFRA safety guidelines for any kind of lip or mouth-related products as per their categories 1 and 6.

We recommend testing a small amount before scaling up to larger-size formulations. As with all Vinevida products. These fragrance oils are intended for external use only and should not be ingested under any circumstances.

Our Commitment to Quality

All of our Fragrance Oils are free of Phthalates, Parabens, SLS and SLES.

IFRA Statement
CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS
Safety Data Sheet