Fragrance
Ingredients.
Fragrances are naturally all around us and often part of making your daily routine enjoyable. We offer a range of products and fragrances that cater to different preferences, whether you choose a product with a powerful scent, a light background note, or perfume-free variants.
Safety is the first ingredient
Our unique product perfumes are blended with the greatest care and utmost attention to safety.
We exclude over 170 ingredients from our fragrances—more extensive than the list of ingredients banned by the international Fragrance Association (IFRA). Our unique perfumes are blended with the greatest care and utmost attention to safety. We conduct an additional safety assessment of our fragrances and their ingredients.
You can also learn more about the safety behind fragrance ingredients by visiting The Fragrance Conservatory.
More about the fragrance ingredients we use and those we do not
While all our product fragrance ingredients are safe to use, we understand some people want to learn more. If you would like to find the specific fragrance ingredients for a P&G product in the U.S. or Canada, please visit the brand website (search for brands here) or go to SmartLabel®.
We are providing a list of fragrance ingredients we do not use below. You will see that we exclude many common food allergens in our fragrances, including Animal Derived Materials, Egg Derivatives, Milk Derivatives, Gluten, Barley, Rye, Soy Derivatives, Fish or Shellfish. We are constantly innovating our fragrance offerings to give you the best possible product experience, so this list will be updated regularly.
Fragrance ingredients we do not use
This ingredients list includes fragrance ingredients in alphabetical order that we have never used, as well as some ingredients we chose to stop using and are removing from product fragrances. We update this list regularly.
- Acetaldehyde
- 5-Acetyl-1,1,2,3,3,6-hexamethylindan
- 5-Acetyl-3-isopropyl-1,1,2,6-tetramethylindane
- Acetyl isovaleryl (5-Methyl-2,3-hexanedione)
- 4-Acetyl-6-t-butyl-1,1-dimethylindan
- Acetyl ethyl tetramethyl tetralin (1-(3-Ethyl-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)ethanone)
- Alantroot oil (Elecampane oil)
- Allyl heptine carbonate
- Allyl isothiocyanate
- Almond Oil, Bitter (prunus amygdalus amara kernel oil)
- Almond Oil, Sweet (prunus amygdalus dulcis Rosaceae oil)
- alpha-Methyl anisylidene acetone (1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pent-1-en-3-one)
- Ambergris
- Amylcyclopentenone
- Anisylidene acetone (4-(4-methoxyphenyl)but-3-en-2-one)
- alpha-Methyl anisylidene acetone (1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pent-1-en-3-one)
- Barley and derivatives
- Benzene
- 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C9-11-branched alkyl esters, C10-rich
- Benzophenone
- Benzyl cyanide
- Benzylidene acetone (4-phenylbut-3-en-2-one)
- 3-Benzylidene camphor
- Bis(2-methoxyethyl) Phthalate
- Boldo oil
- Bromostyrene (2-Bromvinyl)benzene)
- 3-Bromo-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-one
- 3-(m-tert-Butylphenyl)-2-methylpropionaldehyde (m-BMHCA)
- C.I. Solvent yellow 33
- Carvone oxide
- Castoreum
- Chenopodium oil
- Cinnamylidene acetone (6-Phenylhexa-3,5-dien-2-one)
- Civet
- Coffee and derivatives
- Colophony
- Costus root oil, absolute and concrete
- Cyclamen alcohol (3-(4-Isopropylphenyl)-2-methylpropanol)
- 2,4-Decadienal
- Diallyl Phthalate
- Dibutyl Phthalate
- 2,2-Dichloro-1-methylcyclopropylbenzene
- Dicyclohexyl Phthalate
- Didecyl Phthalate
- Diethyl maleate
- Diethyl Phthalate
- Diethylhexyl Phthalate
- Diheptyl Phthalate
- Dihexyl Phthalate
- Dihydrosafrole
- 2,4-Dihydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde
- Diisobutyl Phthalate
- Diisodecyl Phthalate
- Diisohexyl Phthalate
- Diisononyl Phthalate
- Diisooctyl Phthalate
- Dimethyl citraconate
- 4,6-Dimethyl-8-tert-butylcoumarin
- 3,7-Dimethyloct-2-en-1-ol
- Dimethyl Phthalate
- Dinonyl Phthalate
- Dioctyl Phthalate
- Dipentyl Phthalate
- Diphenylamine
- Dried Ox Blood
- 2,4-Dodecadien-1-ol, (2E, 4E)
- 2,4-Dodecadienal, (E,E)-
Egg and derivatives
Esters of 2-nonynoic acid (Except Methyl octine carbonate)
Esters of 2-octynoic acid (Except for Methyl heptine carbonate)
Estragole
Ethanol, 2-[2-[2-[2-(4-nonylphenoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]-
Ethanone, 1-(hexahydrodimethyl-1H-benzindenyl)-
Ethoxylated Nonylphenol
4-Ethoxy-Phenol
Ethyl acrylate
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether and its acetate
Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and its acetate
Fig leaf absolute
Fish/Shellfish and derivatives
Furfural
Furfuryl alcohol
Furfurylidene acetone (4-(2-Furyl)but-3-en-2-one)
Geranyl nitrile
Hazelnut and derivatives
2,4-Heptadienal
2,4-Hexadienal
Hexa-2,4-dien-1-ol
Hexahydrocoumarin
Hydroabietyl alcohol, Dihydroabietyl alcohol
Hydrolyzed sweet almond protein
Hydroquinone monomethyl ether (4-methoxy-Phenol)
Iodoform (Triidomethane)
Isosafrole
6-Isopropyl-2-decahydronaphthalenol
Karanal (1,3-Dioxane, 1,3-Dioxane, 2-(2,4-dimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-yl)-5-methyl-5-(1-methylpropyl))
Lanolin
Leather, Scrap Meal
Macadamia and derivatives
Massoia bark oil
Massoia lactone
m-cresol
7-Methoxycoumarin
Methoxydiglycol
6-Methylcoumarin
4-Methyl-7-ethoxycoumarin
Methyl eugenol
Methyl methacrylate
3-Methylnon-2-enenitrile
Methyl trans-2-butenoate (Methyl crotonate)
7-Methylcoumarin
Milk and derivatives
Mixed cresols
Moskene (1,1,3,3,5-pentamethyl-4,6-dinitroindane)
Musk
Musk Ambrette (4-tert.-Butyl-3-methoxy-2,6-dinitrotoluene)
Musk Alpha (1,3-Dibromo-2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-methyl-benzene)
Musk Ketone (1-(4-tert-Butyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dinitrophenyl) ethanone)
Musk KS (1,3-Dibromo-2-methoxy-4-methyl-5-nitrobenzene)
Musk tibetene (1-tert-Butyl-2,6-dinitro-3,4,5-trimethylbenzene)
Musk Xylene (5-tert-Butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene)
2-Naphthalenecarboxaldehyde, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3,5,5,6,7,8,8-heptamethyl-
Nitrobenzene
Nonylphenol Polyethylene Glycol Ether, reaction product with Formaldehyde
o-Cresol
3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24-Octaoxahexacosan-1-ol, 26-(4-nonylphenoxy)-
2,4-Octadienal, (E,E)-
p-cresol
Peanut oil and derivatives
2,4-Pentadienal
Peru balsam crude
Phenol, 4-chloro-3,5-dimethyl-
Phenol, nonyl-
1-Phenylacetone
Phenyl benzoate
p-Methylhydrocinnamic aldehyde
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .α;.-(nonylphenyl)-.ω;.-hydroxy-
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-[4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl]-w-hydroxy-
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), α-(isooctylphenyl)-ω-hydroxy-
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), α-(nonylphenyl)-ω-hydroxy-, branched
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl),α-[(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl]-ω-hydroxy-
Pseudo methylionones
Pseudoionone (6,10-Dimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien-2-one)
Pyridine
Quinoline
Rye and derivatives
Safrole
Santolina oil
Soy and derivatives
Styrene
Tagetes Erecta (extract /oil)
4-tert-Butylphenol (p-tert-Butylphenol)
1,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-1,4,6,6,8,8-hexamethyl-as-indacene-3(2H)-one
THFA
Thujone
Tobacco
Toluene
trans,trans-2,4-Decadien-1-al
trans,trans-2,4-Heptadien-1-al
trans,trans-2,4-Hexadien-1-ol
trans,trans-2,4-Hexadienal
trans-2-Heptenal
trans-2-Hexenal diethyl acetal
trans-2-Hexenal dimethyl acetal
Trichloroacetaldehyde Diphenyl Acetal
3,5,5-Trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one
2,4-trans,trans-Undecadienal
2,4-Undecadienal
Verbena oil
Walnut and derivatives
Wheat and derivatives
Xylene