Cosmetic ingredient

PARFUM

PARFUM, listed with PERFUME as its Portuguese name, is a labelling term. It indicates that a product contains a material or combination of materials normally added to a cosmetic to produce or mask a particular odour.

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What it is

PARFUM, listed with PERFUME as its Portuguese name, is a labelling term. It indicates that a product contains a material or combination of materials normally added to a cosmetic to produce or mask a particular odour.

The technical description also connects the term with Article 19 of the Cosmetics Regulation, under which perfume and aromatic compositions and their raw materials are referred to as parfum or aroma.

What it does in a formula

The record assigns PARFUM the official functions FRAGRANCE and PERFUMING. These classifications describe its relation to fragrance and to the perfuming role within a formula.

They identify the role assigned to the term within a formula, without stating a specific effect for the finished product or supporting an inference about the material's individual composition.

Conditions and care

The record provides no CAS, EC, restriction, maximum concentration, condition of use, or additional regulation for PARFUM. No specific limit is included for the term.

The absence of these fields is not a safety assessment. It only defines what is documented in this record and does not establish conditions of use beyond the information provided.

Catalogue presence

Products containing this ingredient

The list follows the composition declared by the source record and preserves the name found there.