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Tangerine Oil
Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Leaf Oil · Citrus Reticulata Leaf Oil
A light, sweet citrus scent from tangerine peel or leaves. Citrus peel oils can make skin more sensitive to sun.
What it does
It’s there for its light, sweet citrus scent. Oils pressed from citrus peel can contain compounds that make skin more sensitive to sun. It’s distilled or pressed from tangerine leaves or peel.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a fragrance (adds scent).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2021) assessed 33 ingredients from citrus flowers and leaves, tangerine leaf oil among them. A face and neck product with 0.1% of the oil didn’t irritate or cause allergy in a test on people. Some tangerine leaf oils are up to about half methyl-N-methylanthranilate, which can make skin react to sunlight. Leave-on products held at most 0.1% of the oil, and the reviewers found no safety concern with it as used.Burnett 2021 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
citrus reticulata oil
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