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Materials

At a glance

3683 materials, sourced from the IFRA Transparency List and hand-curated entries, split into naturals (by extraction method) and synthetics (by chemical family).

🌿 Naturals, 985 total

Grouped by extraction method.

Steam distillation (321) Solvent extraction (221) CO2 extraction (66) Cold expression (40)

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⚗️ Synthetics, 2698 total

Grouped by chemical family.

Ester (491) Alcohol (299) Ketone (245) Aldehyde (192) Acid (152) Furan/Heterocyclic (150) Phenol (54) Ether/Oxide (48) Terpene (37) Lactone (37) Alkane (10) Sesquiterpene (8) Nitrile (6) Musk (5) Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon (5) + 161 more specific chemical classes (each material's own page shows its precise classification)

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