Ingredient glossary / Fragrance
Lemon oil
On the label: Citrus Limon Peel Oil · Fragrance
What it is
Cold-pressed lemon peel oil; contains limonene and, in the cold-pressed form, compounds that make skin more sensitive to sun (phototoxic) at higher amounts.
Fragrances: Fragrance ingredients give a product its scent, from a single essential oil to a blend listed only as 'fragrance' or 'parfum'.
Wikidata: Essential oil. Q206541 →
In the research
29 PubMed papers mention it with skin, cosmetics or hair; the three most recent:
- Rheological Characterization of Lemon Oil-Loaded Eucerin Cream and Aquaphor Ointment · Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025
- Natural diterpenoids in dermatology: Multifunctional roles and therapeutic potential for skin diseases · Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 2025
- Aloe vera leaf mucilage and lemon oil as potential penetration-enhancing agents to increase lornoxicam transdermal administration using nano vesicular gel · Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2024
A paper is a paper, not a verdict: titles are listed so you can read them, and a study on cells or mice says little about a cream on a face.
Products whose label lists it
1 on the siteMatched from the ingredient list the supplier printed; the position in the list (first or thirtieth) is on each product page.
Other fragrances
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