Room Spray/Body Spray Base (Alcohol Based)
About
Ingredients: Water, SD Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Methyl Glucose Ether, Glycerine
Cruelty & Phthalate Free
Safe to use on fabrics
Creating a room and body spray requires a careful balance of ingredients to ensure efficacy, safety, and a pleasant sensory experience. The base of such sprays often includes special denatured alcohol, propylene glycol, methyl glucose ether, and glycerine. Each component plays a crucial role in the formulation.
Special Denatured Alcohol: is often used as the primary solvent in spray formulations. It helps dissolve other ingredients and ensures that the spray disperses effectively into the air or onto the skin. Its volatility allows for quick drying, which is particularly desirable in a body spray that is applied directly to the skin. Moreover, denatured alcohol is modified to make it unfit for consumption, which can be a regulatory requirement for products not intended for ingestion.
Propylene Glycol: is a humectant, which means it helps retain moisture. In room sprays, it can help maintain the fragrance's intensity over time. In body sprays, it serves to moisturize the skin, preventing the drying effect that alcohol can have. It also acts as a solvent for fragrances and essential oils, enhancing the solubility of these components in the alcohol base.
Methyl Glucose Ether: is an emollient and can be derived from corn sugar. It contributes to the silky feel of the spray on the skin and can help form a protective barrier that locks in moisture.
Glycerine, another humectant, is well-known for its skin-care properties. It draws moisture from the air into the skin, which is beneficial in a body spray. In room sprays, glycerine can help stabilize the fragrance, ensuring that the scent lingers for a longer period.
The combination of these ingredients results in a base that is not only effective at delivering fragrance but also considers the user's experience and the product's impact on the skin and environment.
Application Level/Limit
If using this base to make a room spray use 4%-9% Fragrance Oil load.
If using this base to make a body spray use 2%-6% Fragrance Oil load.
Always check this against the maximum usage per Fragrance Oil under the IFRA guidelines. For example if you make a room spray with an oil that only allows 2.5% for room sprays, then you are only able to use 2.5% load instead of the normal 4%-9%.
Please test with different fragrances as not all scents will have the desired effect/smell due to the mixing with the base's ingredients.Â
SDS
Link to the SDS: click here
I use this base for ALL my room and linen sprays and absolutely love it. It does not have a scent that overpowers the fragrance oil and the fragrance lasts a long time in the air and on fabrics. Highly recommend.
This has been my go to room spray base for about a year. It lingers for a long time and doesn’t leave a sticky or filmy residue on surfaces.
Impressed with the throw & performance of this base as well. I purchased a full gallon & would again. Small down side, my gallon was short by 12 ounces so I had to make up for it.
I was using another brand but saw a review of this one and it didn’t disappoint. Love how clear it is.
Used it once and so far it has been great.