Table 11-1: Current IFRA restrictions based on induction experiments.
| Fragrance chemicals |
IFRA guideline1 |
| Deodorant (%) |
Hand cream (%) |
Perfume (%) |
Notes:
1) Exposure per mg/cm2/day is based on 8.5 mg/cm2/day for deodorants, 2.2 for perfumes and 4.2
for hand creams as it is these exposure levels that are used by the IFRA.
2) Cosmetic Directive Annex III: Hydroxycitronellal restricted to 1% in all products and isoeugenol
to 0.02% in all products. |
| Cinnamal |
0.02 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
| Cinnamyl alcohol |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Citral |
0.05 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
| Coumarin |
0.13 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
| Eugenol |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| Farnesol |
0.11 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
| Geraniol |
0.4 |
2.8 |
5.3 |
| Hydroxycitronellal2 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Isoeugenol2 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
Source:
SCCS, 
Opinion on Fragrance allergens in cosmetic products, page 88