satsuma, eh? now i have to go and try that one out (and read the label to see whether i can divine what they are doing).
oh look, i don't have to. it's online. (http://www.thebodyshop.com/bodyshop/browse/product_detail.jsp?productId=prod160230&tabname=ingredients#detailtabs) i love the web.
yeah, they definitely are using synthetics in addition to essential mandarin, satsuma, and sweet orange oils. it does get my goat how all those "natural"-looking skincare products are chock full of stuff that's many steps removed from anything somebody without a chemistry degree would recognise. oh well, these guys are nowhere near the worst.
they're also using highly concentrated components (citral, for example, an aldehyde, is 15 times as strong as the same volume of lemon oil). and i see citronellol there, which is a main component of eucalyptus citriodora oil, and that lasts quite a bit longer than the others. also geraniol (which smells like a soft, dry rose) seems in my experiments to extend citrus scents; they go really well together, and the rose doesn't pop out on top. wow, they really pumped a lot of citrussy components into that lotion: the 3 oils, and citral, limonene, citronellol. not to mention the mysterious "fragrance" -- i just love it when that sits on a label without further explanation. i think the phenoxyethanol is also a fixative. could be that that helps it last.
i am sure you really wanted to know all of that. *little snicker*. i am such a geek when i get into something. sorry!
Re: BPAL review: Vice
oh look, i don't have to. it's online. (http://www.thebodyshop.com/bodyshop/browse/product_detail.jsp?productId=prod160230&tabname=ingredients#detailtabs) i love the web.
yeah, they definitely are using synthetics in addition to essential mandarin, satsuma, and sweet orange oils. it does get my goat how all those "natural"-looking skincare products are chock full of stuff that's many steps removed from anything somebody without a chemistry degree would recognise. oh well, these guys are nowhere near the worst.
they're also using highly concentrated components (citral, for example, an aldehyde, is 15 times as strong as the same volume of lemon oil). and i see citronellol there, which is a main component of eucalyptus citriodora oil, and that lasts quite a bit longer than the others. also geraniol (which smells like a soft, dry rose) seems in my experiments to extend citrus scents; they go really well together, and the rose doesn't pop out on top. wow, they really pumped a lot of citrussy components into that lotion: the 3 oils, and citral, limonene, citronellol. not to mention the mysterious "fragrance" -- i just love it when that sits on a label without further explanation. i think the phenoxyethanol is also a fixative. could be that that helps it last.
i am sure you really wanted to know all of that. *little snicker*. i am such a geek when i get into something. sorry!