Ingredients / Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil
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Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil

Explained

Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil is also known as May Chang essential oil. It is mostly used as a fragrance ingredient and has a bright, sweet, and lemony scent.

The main fragrance compounds in this ingredient are citral (~70-85%) and limonene.

Citral has documented antimicrobial activity against acne bacteria (which is where the marketing claims about it being good for acne-prone skin originate), but real formulas use it at fragrance-level concentrations under 1%.

The main thing worth knowing is that citral is a known EU fragrance allergen so people with known fragrance sensitivities may want to skip it.

Unlike citrus oils, May Chang doesn't contain furocoumarins and therefore isn't phototoxic.

See all 438 products with Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil

Users who like it
4%
Users who avoid it
96%

What it does

Masking Obscuring or blocking
Perfuming A substance that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor, especially a volatile liquid distilled from flowers or preparedsynthetically.
Tonic Used remove soap residues and moisturize

Prevalence

Less common Percentage of products that contain it
0.3%
Top categories
Cleansers
Treatments
Moisturizers
Position Predominant list placement
Bottom 50%

References

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CosIng Data

CosIng ID 77408
INCI Name LITSEA CUBEBA FRUIT OIL
EC #  - / 290-018-7
All Functions Masking, Perfuming, Tonic