IFRA 49: Soap Usage Recommendation Changes

The IFRA 49 amendment brought about several changes to the way different products are categorized as well as their maximum allowable usages. To help you easily reference these changes, we list the previous recommendations and the new recommendations below. 

Please use this table to view the soap-safe fragrances that have been affected by the IFRA 49. The usage recommendations you see here are CandleScience recommendations for use in soap and other Category 9 products. Usage information for other kinds of products and applications can be seen on the IFRA certificate for each fragrance.

Note that even when the CandleScience usage recommendation is 0%, you may reference the IFRA certificate and find that fragrance is still approved for soap applications at low percentages. We require fragrances to be approved at a minimum of 2% for us to recommend it for soaps, but you might find that a fragrance lists an allowable usage rate of 1% on the IFRA certificate. In these cases, we recommend testing at those rates to determine if it will still work for your product.

• Amber Noir (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Apples and Maple Bourbon
  Old: 0%
  New: 2-3%
• Baby Powder
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Black Currant Absinthe
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Black Raspberry Vanilla Type (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Black Sea
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Blood Orange
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Blueberry Cheesecake
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Blueberry Cobbler
  Old: 3-5%
  New: 0%
• Brandied Pear (Discontinued)
  Old: 0%
  New: 2-6%
• Candied Apple (Discontinued)
  Old: 0%
  New: 2-4%
• Caramelized Pralines (Discontinued)
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 0%
• Caramel Popcorn
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Cardamom and Star Anise (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Chocolate Fudge
  Old: 3-5%
  New: 0%
• Christmas Hearth
  Old: 0%
  New: 2-6%
• Coconut Lime Verbena
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Cranberry Apple Marmalade
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 2-6%
• Creme Brulee
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Cypress and Bayberry
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Day at the Spa
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Dragon's Blood
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Egyptian Amber
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Fallen Leaves
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 2-6%
• Fireside
  Old: 2-4%
  New: 0%
• Frankincense and Myrrh
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Fresh Coffee
  Old: 3-5%
  New: 0%
• Fresh Picked Cucumber (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Frosted Juniper
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Garden Mint
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Gingerbread (Discontinued)
  Old: 2-3%
  v2-6%
• Golden Rose (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Hansel and Gretel's House
  Old: 2-6%
  New: 0%
• Hazelnut Coffee
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Hibiscus Palm
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Honeydew Melon
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Honeysuckle Jasmine
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 2-6%
• Hot Apple Pie
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 0%
• Japanese Cherry Blossom
  Old: 2-5%
  New: 0%
• Leather
  Old: 3-5%
  New: 0%
• Lemon Pound Cake (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Mahogany Shea
  Old: 3-6%
  v2-5%
• Mango and Tangerine (Discontinued)
  v3-6%
  New: 0%
• Margarita (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Mediterranean Fig
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Mimosa and Mandarin (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Mint Mojito
  Old: 2-4%
  New: 2-3%
• Mistletoe
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Moon Lake Musk (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-3%
• Patchouli
  Old: 1-2%
  New: 2-6%
• Peach Nectar
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Peppercorn Pomander (Discontinued)
  Old: 2-4%
  New: 2-5%
• Peppermint Mocha
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Pomegranate Bitters (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Pomegranate Cider
  Old: 3-5%
  v2-6%
• Pumpkin Caramel Crunch
  Old: 0%
  New: 2-4%
• Pumpkin Chai
  Old: 2-4%
  New: 0%
• Pumpkin Rum Cake (Discontinued)
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 0%
• Rain Water
  Old: 2-5%
  New: 2-6%
• Red Ginger Saffron
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-4%
• Rose Petals
  Old: 2-3%
  New: 2-6%
• Rosemary Sage
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-5%
• Snickerdoodle
  Old: 1-3%
  v2-6%
• Sweetgrass and Violet (Discontinued)
  Old: 3-6%
  v2-4%
• Tomato Leaf
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%
• Wassail
  Old: 0%
  New: 2-4%
• Watermint and Clementine
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 2-5%
• Whiskey
  Old: 3-6%
  New: 0%