Lotioncrafter 532 Point Lawrence Road Olga, WA 98279 www.lotioncrafter.com Cyclomethicone and Fragrance Oils As more and more of us work with cyclomethicone in the creation of cyclomethicone based room, linen and body sprays, we're coming to find that not all fragrance and essential oils are miscible in cyclomethicone. Miscibility is the ability of two liquids to mix without separation into separate phases. There is obviously one or several aroma chemicals in some of the fragrance oils that do not combine with cyclomethicone. However, since the blends are proprietary, there is no way to know what those are. The INCI name cyclomethicone covers a variety of blends which will vary from vendor to vendor. They are not all the same, although all can use the same INCI name. Cyclomethicone fluids can be only one or a combination of D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8 volatile fluids. For example, our Lotioncrafter LC995 is 99.5% cyclopentasiloxane (D5) and our LC8515 is 85% cycloteterasiloxane (D4) and 15% cyclopentasiloxane (D5). From what we have seen so far, it probably doesn't matter which cyclomethicone blend you have (or from what vendor), if the FO or EO is not miscible in one, it probably won't be in any of them. We have tested straight D4 and straight D5 and my testing of some of the immiscible FOs and EOs seems to bear this out. If you'd like to assist with this project, here’s what you can do. The best way to test is to simply pour about a teaspoon of cyclomethicone into something like a shot glass. Add a couple drops of the FO or EO in question, and stir well. It will either mix completely and the mixture will clear promptly, or it will puddle on the bottom or create a hazy/cloudy mix with suspended droplets that will eventually settle to the bottom. Some fragrances that are initially hazy may clear given enough time; some never will. If an initially hazy mixture appears to have cleared, be sure to stir it up to make sure the FO hasn’t simply settle to the bottom. Report your findings to
[email protected] and we'll add them to the database. Please be sure to include the Vendor Name and the full Fragrance Name with your results. It is important to note that even immiscible fragrance oils can be used in the creation of scented cyclomethicone products, because the scent is picked up by the cyclomethicone in most cases, with the immiscible fraction settling out. It may simply mean that working with these will be a two step process. Instead of simply adding FO or EO to cyclomethicone in a bottle, you mix it in a larger vessel, let the immiscible portion settle out and decant the scented cyclomethicone into your retail bottles. This is no big deal, but is nice to know ahead of time! This database is a collaborative effort and is meant to be a guideline. It is possible your results may vary.
Vendor Bitter Creek Bitter Creek Bitter Creek North Bitter Creek North Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry
Scent Dream Weaver Love Potion Angel Coconut Almond Biscotti Applejack Peel Apricot Freesia Basil Lime Bonsai Chamomile Bergamot Energy Ginger Lime Herbal Essence (Type) Jasmine Jasmine Dreams Juniper Sage
Miscible With Cyclomethicone Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Vendor Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bramble Berry Bubbles-n-Lights Bubbles-n-Lights Completely Scentsational Completely Scentsational Completely Scentsational Craft Lobby Craft Lobby Cybilla Cybilla FNWL FNWL Heavenly Country Scents Herbals by RJ Herbals by RJ Herbals by RJ ICS IFT Jaclyn Rose Kangaroo Blue Lebermuth Lorann Oils MMS MMS MMS MMS MMS MMS MMS Moon Mountain Soap Nature's Garden Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail
Scent Karma Blend (99% Natural) Lavender Lettuce Lilac Lime Mango Mango Mulberry Ocean Rain Orchid Pink Grapefruit Pineapple Cilantro Plumeria Rise & Shine Rosehip Jasmine Sensuous Sandalwood Spearmint Eucalyptus Tangerine Amber Romance Victorian Vanilla Grapefruit Jasmine Happy (Clinique Type) Lovespell Eucalyptus Spearmint Sensual Yuzu Chanel #5 (Type) Lavender Vanilla Vanilla Lace Lilac Moonlight Path Sweet Pea Pink Sugar Lemon Verbena Red Clover Tahitian Splendor Ocean Breeze Rose Enchanted Apple Elements of Bamboo Green Tea Lemon Verbena Lilac Posh Petals Sun Ripened Raspberry Fresh Squeezed Lemon CocoMango Angel (95% - takes time) Baby Roses Black Raspberry & Vanilla Cabernet Cherry Garcia Chocolate Truffle Coconut Lime Verbena
Miscible With Cyclomethicone Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Almost No No No Yes Yes Yes
Vendor Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Oregon Trail Patticakes Patticakes Patticakes Patticakes Peek Candles Rustic Escentuals Rustic Escentuals Simple Soothings Simple Soothings Simple Soothings Simple Soothings Simple Soothings Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes
Scent Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific Love Spell Peony Sandalwood Rose Tender Tulip Vera Wang Vetiver Warm Vanilla Sugar (95% - takes time) White Satin Wood Violet & Sugar Maple Cucumber Melon Mambo Mountain Lakes Poison Green Tea Cotton Blossom Ivy Just Peachy Cool Water Cotton Blossom Nautica Sweet Pea True Antique Lilac (about 90% miscible) Aliage (Type) Aloe Vera Amazing Grace Amber Amber Romance Apricot Aquaflore Aroma Tonic (Lancome Type) Awapuhi Seaberry Bais (Diptyque Type) Bay Rum Bayberry Bergamot Coriander Black Raspberry Body By Victoria (Type) Breathless (Victoria's Secret Type) Brown Sugar Brown Windsor Burberry Britt (type) Burberry Touch for Men Burberry Touch for Women Carrot Chanel #5 (Type) Cherry Child (Type) or Cherub Christmas Spice Citron et Figue Clean Coconut Lemongrass Colorado Breeze Contradictions Cool Water
Miscible With Cyclomethicone Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Almost No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Cloudy Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Vendor Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes
Scent Country Christmas Cranberry Spice Cucumber & Cantaloupe (Yankee Type) Dewey Green Cactus Drakkar Noir Eau De Sud Echinacea Econocuke Eucalyptus (Thymes Type) Fall Foliage Fracas (Type) Fracas Deluxe Frankincense & Myrrh Freesia Fresh Grass Fructis By Garnier (Type) Gardenia Gin Martini Ginger Essence (Origins Type) Ginger Fig Global Garden Glow by JLo (Type) Grapefruit Ginger Green Clover & Aloe (B&BW Type) Green Irish Tweed Green Tea Heather Herbal Essences (Clairol Type) Hibiscus Honey Honeysuckle Hollow Hyacinth Icecap Icescapes Iris Jasmine Jasmine Dreams Johnson's Bedtime Bath Jovan Musk for Women Karen's Ocean Rain Kate Blend Lavender & Cedar Lavender (Kiehl's Type) Lavender Breeze Leaf Fragrance Leather Lemon Verbena Lemon Verbena (Kiehl's Type) Light Musk Lily of the Valley Lime Margarita Linden Magnolia Acacia Maja
Miscible With Cyclomethicone No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
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Scent Masculine Musk Midnight in Tunisia Miss Independence Blend Mistletow Kiss (Type) Moment of Peace Moonlight Sonata Blend Natural Mandarin Neroli Nutcracker Oakmoss Oaktmeal, Milk and Honey Oceania Orange Blossom Orange Ginger Orchid Osmanthus Pearberry Pecan Pie Peony Petals Perfect World (Origins Type) Petite Cherie Pikaki Pineapple Plum Spice Pomegranate Precious Amber Purely Herbal Red Apple Red Currant (Votivo Type) Red Rose Romance (Type) Rosemary Mint Sage, Sweetgrass & Cedar Santa's Pipe Sapmoss Sea Spice Sexy Men Snow Place Like Home Special Edition Vanilla Spruce Garland Stress Relief Scent Summer Sorbet Sunflower Sweet Rain Sweet Yellow Pear Sweetgrass Tahitian Petals Tomato Leaf Tranquil Sleep True Mango True Rose Tuberose Deluxe Vanilla Essence (Kiehl's Type) Vera Wang White Vanilla
Miscible With Cyclomethicone Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No
Vendor Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetcakes Sweetscents Sweetscents Sweetscents Sweetscents Sweetscents TDF TDF TDF TDF TDF The Scent Shack The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! The Scent Works! Tony's Tony's Tony's Tony's Tony's Tony's
Scent Wisteria Woodlands (B&BW Type) Woodsmoke World's Best Magnolia Yuzu Colorado Wild Flowers Cuke Melon Jasmine 2% Lilac Pinion French Vanilla Rain Red Rose Sandalwood Vanilla Texas Peach Angel Andalusian Olive Blossom (95%-takes time) Baby Bee Buttermilk Belgian Chocolate Botanical Hemp Cardamom Citrus Jewels Coconut Lime Verbena Crème Brulee Eucalyptus and Thyme Fresh Sugar Cane Full Moon Hanae Mori Butterflies Kimono (Classic Zen) (takes time) Lemongrass Sage (95% - takes time) Lilac, True Malabar Peppercorn Mandarin Coriander Neroli di Orsini Ocean (takes time) Pink Sugar (takes time) Red Currant Sorbet Rice Flower & Shea Rosemary Mint Sandalwood Vanilla Satsuma Guava Stella by Paul McCartney Type Tangerine Thyme Tobacco Flower Tonic (Clarins Type) Vaniglia Del Madagascar Winter Solstice Zen Tea Applejack & Peel Apples Cinnamon & Peach Badedas (Type) Blackberry Sage Buttermint Christmas Memories
Miscible With Cyclomethicone Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Almost No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Almost Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Scent Coconut Cotton Blossom Crystal Oasis Cucumber Melon Evening Mocha Frankincense & Myrrh Fresh Ginger Lime Gardenia Green Apple Green Clover & Aloe (B&BW Type) Green Tea & Cucumber Green Tweed J'Adore (Type) Juniper Breeze Lemongrass Lime Blossom Love Spell Magnolia Melba Mango Mandarin Meadow Rain Oakmoss Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Patchouli Musk Pink Sugar Plumeria (mixed reports) Red Clover Tea Rice Flower & Shea Sandalwood Stress Relief Summer Hill Sun Ripened Raspberry Sweet Pea Warm Vanilla Sugar Yuzu Mandarin Bamboo Musk Neroli Blossom Ocean Song French Oak and Vanilla Blooming Tulip Cotton Blossom Mango & Papaya
Miscible With Cyclomethicone No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes or No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
