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Upcycled Ingredients

Upcycled Ingredients

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Upcycling in the fragrance industry involves transforming by-products, waste materials, or unused substances into new, high-quality ingredients. This process reduces environmental impact and provides sustainable scent profiles.

Where do they come from?

Upcycled fragrance ingredients are created from byproducts of industries such as paper manufacturing, fruit processing, and essential oil distillation. Using advanced distillation and green chemistry, fragrant molecules are recovered and transformed into high-quality aroma materials for candles, soaps, and other scented products, helping reduce waste without sacrificing fragrance performance.

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Bright pink geranium flowers that could be used in upcycled fragrance ingredients
Box of lemons with green leaves on a dark background
Eucalyptus leaves that could be used in upcycled fragrance ingredients

Common Upcycled Ingredients

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Nerol

Nerol is a fresh, sweet aroma ingredient with delicate rose and citrus notes. It can be created using turpentine recovered from softwood from cardboard manufacturing. Compounds within the turpentine are converted into nerol, giving new purpose to a manufacturing byproduct that might otherwise go to waste.

A close-up of a purple lilac flower cluster with green leaves resting on a light wooden surface.
Alpha-Terpineol

Alpha-terpineol has a soft lilac aroma with fresh, pine-like undertones. It can be produced from alpha-pinene found in turpentine, a byproduct of pine wood processing in the paper industry. Through chemical transformation, this recovered material becomes a versatile fragrance ingredient.

A pink rose and three pink geranium flowers with green leaves and stems, arranged on a light wooden surface.
Geranyl Acetate

Geranyl acetate is a sweet, rosy, and lightly fruity fragrance ingredient found naturally in oils such as geranium, rose, and lemongrass. It can also be made from geraniol-rich fractions left over after essential oil distillation or refinement, transforming unused portions into a valuable aroma material.

Check out all of our fragrances with upcycled ingredients!

Having close relationships with raw material suppliers means we know exactly where each upcycled ingredient comes from. We can trace the journey of an upcycled material from its origin all the way into the fragrance oil we deliver to you. This transparency means you can be confident about the quality and ethics behind the ingredients in your products.
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