What is a fragrance oil?
Fragrance oils are ultra-concentrated liquid scent blends crafted to perfume a wide variety of products from candles and wax melts to soaps, lotions, reed diffusers, and room sprays, and more.
Unlike essential oils alone,
they combine nature’s aromatic extracts with carefully selected laboratory-created compounds to achieve consistent, long-lasting performance across many applications.

Fragrance oil ingredients

These are concentrated liquids extracted directly from natural plant materials like flowers, fruits, leaves, and more. They bring authentic botanical character like crisp lavender, zesty citrus, or warm sandalwood into your products. While they can be used on their own, they often serve as the natural foundation upon which more complex fragrances are built.

While nature provides a stunning array of scents, it has its limits, so this is where aroma molecules come in. These are synthetic compounds that allow perfumers to create an almost infinite spectrum of aromas. Although “synthetic” may sound harmful, our ingredients adhere to strict safety benchmarks from the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM). Our fragrances will NEVER contain potentially harmful ingredients like phthalates, parabens, or sulfates.

Solvents are used to dissolve solid aroma chemicals, transforming them into a liquid that can be blended with other ingredients. They also help the fragrance bond with wax or other product bases. Diluents are used to adjust the concentration of exceptionally strong ingredients. This ensures the final fragrance oil is perfectly balanced and that its components remain suspended and evenly mixed.
Example Breakdown
Example Breakdown
Difference between fragrance oil and essential oil
The fragrance oils Fragrance2U offers are specifically formulated for performance. Most of them contain essential oils, but their blend of aroma chemicals and functional ingredients makes them far more stable and consistent. They offer a much wider range of scents and are designed to perform flawlessly in applications like candles and soaps.
Essential Oils are 100% natural extracts from a single source. They are prized in aromatherapy but can be volatile. Their scent can change or even burn off when exposed to the high heat of melted candle wax. We go even more into detail about natural ingredients here!
Choosing a fragrance oil for your product
When choosing a fragrance oil for your product, start by thinking about the experience you want to create, whether it’s cozy and gourmand, fresh and clean, or bold and botanical. All of our fragrance oils perform beautifully in candles and soaps, so you can focus on finding the perfect scent profile for your brand or mood. To make things easy and safe, every fragrance includes an IFRA usage guide and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) right on the product page, so you’ll know exactly how it can be used.