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Ylang-Ylang Oil
Cananga Odorata Flower Oil · Cananga Odorata Oil
A rich, sweet floral scent from cananga flowers. It can irritate skin or cause an allergy in some people.
What it does
It’s there for its rich, sweet, heady floral scent. Like other essential oils, it has natural fragrance compounds that can irritate skin or cause an allergy in some people. It’s distilled from the flowers of the cananga tree.
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 ↗
Also known as
cananga oil
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