understanding allergens in natural fragrance
At Abel, we create all our fragrances using only 100% plant-derived ingredients. Each ingredient in our perfumes begins its life as a naturally living organism, derived exclusively from plants and living organisms, harnessing the best of nature, often using yeasts in a bio fermentation process.
You will find our full ingredients list (every ingredient added to our fragrances) here.
For more information about transparency, see here.
Our fragrances can have a higher allergen content than their synthetic counterparts due to plant-derived ingredients tending to have more allergies than synthetic ingredients - we all know friends and family who suffer hayfever and you're more likely to be allergic to plants than to plastic! All the ingredients in our fragrances are naturally occurring allergens derived from plants, not synthetic chemicals. People can have sensitivities to these molecules just as they do to certain foods.
what is an INCI list?
The INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredients) list is located at the bottom of our perfume boxes and product ingredient list pages. This list is not an ingredient list and does not reflect the actual ingredients we add to the fragrance, rather it is a regulatory requirement to disclose any potentially allergenic compounds in the overall fragrance formula, which are all naturally occurring allergens. Unless you have specific sensitivities, there is no need to be concerned about the INCI list.