Product Details
NO. 12 - Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil
Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil is not a pure essential oil but contains fixatives to make a longer-lasting and more fragrant product. It works beautifully for Candle Making, Soap Making and in Personal Care Applications such as Lotion, Shampoo, and Liquid Soap. This list is not exhaustive and we invite you to play, create and invent a million other ways to use it. We recommend you test a small amount before scaling up to larger-size formulations. As with all VINEVIDA products, these fragrance oils are intended for external use only and should not be ingested under any circumstances.
Scent Profile
Frosty winter days in the forest with Blue Spruce, Spearmint, Juniper berries, Cedar and Musk. Breathe in the scent of freedom.
Fragrance Notes
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- Top: Juniper Berries
- Mid: Blue Spruce
- Bottom: Spearmint, Cedar, Musk
Flash Point
181° F
Uses of NO. 12 Fragrance Oil
Aromatherapy
Take yourself off to the Pine Forests of Alaska a serene, peaceful place of trees swaying in the breeze and the wind whispering through the fragrant needles.
Reed Diffusers and Candles
Gorgeous for the bathroom, to make it feel fresh, bright and clean.
Custom Soap and Bath Products
Add a few drops to the cold process or melt and pour soaps to fragrance your bathroom beautifully.
Air Fresheners and Linen Sprays
Dilute a couple of drops of Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil into a teaspoon of alcohol, then fill up your spray bottle with water. Freshen the furniture, sheets and carpet.
Crafting Projects
Great for candle making or how about adding a few drops to scent pinecones for a centerpiece. The perfect scent for cabin chic.
IFRA Guidelines for Maximum Dilution
Maximum dilution for this fragrance oil depends on the products you are planning on making.
It should be noted that maximum dilutions are from a safety aspect only, based on the chemical composition of the oil. In some cases, these are very high, because all components are relatively benign. These amounts are not necessarily recommendations of how much to use in your recipe. They may smell too strong or make the item prohibitively expensive to produce. As long as you remain below the advised limits, you can be as generous or parsimonious as you like. Use more, use less. We’ll leave the creative stuff to you.
Based on the ingredients used, as per the , the following maximum dilutions apply.
Directions for Use
Candles
Candles and related scented items fall under Category 12 of the IFRA safety standards. Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil has no restrictions on use for category 12. Feel free to use as much or as little as pleases your nose.
Soaps and Bathroom Fragrances
Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil lends itself well to bathroom products. Maximum dilution for soaps, shampoos or any other IFRA category 9 product is 16.36%. This category also covers laundry pretreatment and cleaning products.
Maximum dilution for making an aerosol room spray or any other item that will be propelled using a pump is 39.9%.
Hand Made Perfumery
Fragrance oils make wonderful additions to hand made perfumes. For cologne designed to be applied to freshly shaved skin, a maximum dilution of 1.81% is appropriate. This would apply to both Eau de Toilettes and fine fragrances. For hydroalcoholic perfumery products designed to be used on unshaved skin, you can be more liberal at a maximum dilution of 53.63%.
If you decide to use Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil in deodorant or antiperspirant products, the maximum dilution is 1.15%. This applies to either roll-on or body spray products.
Body Care
As per the IFRA regulations, the maximum safe dilution for Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil is set at 18.18% if it is used for body creams, foot care products, insect repellents or talcum powder.
For specialized hand creams or fragrance hand sanitizers, the maximum dilution would be 5.36%.
Safety Caution
Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil is not approved under IFRA safety guidelines for any kind of lip or mouth related products as per their categories 1 and 6.
We recommend testing a small amount before scaling up to larger-size formulations. As with all Vinevida products. These fragrance oils are intended for external use only and should not be ingested under any circumstances.
While Blue Spruce Fragrance Oil will have no therapeutic properties, because it is a synthetic product, it’s a wonderful way to scent your home. Have the best time experimenting and making your home an ever more beautiful expression of you every day.
Additional Information
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- Not suitable for ingestion.
Our Commitment to Quality
All of our Fragrance Oils are free of Phthalates, Parabens, SLS and SLES.