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Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often soaps.

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What does Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil hides an unwanted smell or taste and adds taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: masking and flavouring.

maskingflavouring

What is Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil?

Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the leaves and twigs of the Bitter Orange, Citrus aurantium L. var. amara L., Rutaceae.

CAS number
68916-04-1, 72968-50-4
EC number
277-143-2
CosIng reference
83402

Which products contain Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, facial creams and day creams.

  • Soaps2
  • Facial creams1
  • Day creams1
  • Hair care1
  • Shampoos1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5 · United Kingdom 2 · Italy 1 · Australia 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

Contains information from Open Beauty Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check

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