CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER EXTRACT

Name of the plant

Blue Chamomile; Common Chamomile; Matricaria

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Used plant parts

Flowers

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Type of preparation

Extract (solvent extract)

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Function(s) of this ingredient in cosmetic products

FRAGRANCE

Enhances the smell of a product and / or perfumes the skin

SKIN CONDITIONING

Maintains the skin in good condition

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Origin

plant

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Occurrence in cosmetics

Various cosmetics

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Occurrence in other products

Medicinal products and medical devices to ingest and / or inhale (eg teas) or for rubbing in (eg ointments)

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Background information on use in cosmetics

Camomile has been considered since antiquity as a well-known medicinal plant. For cosmetic preparations different parts of the plant can be used, eg the flowers and the leaves, but also the essential oil of the entire plant. The plant extracts of the camomile have a soothing effect and relax the stressed or irritated skin, so that they are preferred in cosmetic products for sensitive, blemished or sun-stressed skin. Fragrances or mixtures of fragrances are often referred to in the cosmetics area as "perfuming agents" or "perfume oils" or "parfum oils". On the cosmetic products they are declared with the INCI name "PARFUM". These are undiluted individual substances or their mixtures which originate from natural raw materials or can be produced (semi-) synthetically. They are starting materials for the production of perfume, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne and other perfumed cosmetic products. The average content of fragrances amounts in perfume to 15-30 %, in eau de parfum to 10-14 %, in eau de toilette to 6-9 %, in eau de cologne to 3-5 % as well as in skin creams, shampoos, hair and deodorant sprays to approximately 0.2-1 % and approximately 1-3 in deodorant sticks. The perfume oils include essential oils, resinoids and absolutes. The sources are, amongst others, flowers, leaves and stems, fruits and fruit peels or roots of plants; woods, grasses or herbs, needles, resins and balsams. Moreover, only compounds isolated from natural products such as aldehydes, ketones, esters, alcohols etc. are used (geraniol, citronellal, citral, eugenol, menthol) as well as semi-synthetic (citronellol, geranyl acetate, jonone) and synthetic scents (eg phenylethyl alcohol and linalool) are used. Scents of animal origin such as musk and ambra are only rarely used.

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Further information

For the clarification of a suspicion of a contact allergy this substance can be routinely tested in the epicutaneous test at the dermatologist.

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Belongs to the following substance groups

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Regulating cosmetics

Cosmetics Ingredients are subject to regulation. Please note, different regulations may apply to cosmetic ingredients outside the EU.