About Our SDS Documents

We use professional Safety Data Sheet (SDS) documents that are very detailed and can be confusing to anyone outside the fragrance industry. Here are some notes about how to read and understand our SDS documents.

First off, SDS documents are ONLY intended for material transport, storage and handling.  They are NOT meant to analyze or assess the health or environmental risks of a material used in product. Our documents use OSHA standards so that, if there were ever and accident or spill, first responders know how to handle the material.

At a high enough level, anything can become 'hazardous', even sunlight. Due to the concentration of our oils, our SDS documents often carry pictograms and warnings that are triggered by the concentration/level of individual chemical components in the oil (including naturals).  

For context, let's look at the SDS for SUNKISS, which can be found HERE.  Section 2 covers hazard identification, which breaks down physical, health and environmental hazard and precautionary statements, each with a unique code to identify the particular hazard.  These codes can then be linked to specific ingredients shown in the chart of Section 3:

• H226: Flammable liquid and vapor.
• H304: May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways.
• H315: Causes skin irritation.         
• H317: May cause an allergic skin reaction.
• H361: Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child.
• H400: Very toxic to aquatic life.
• H412: Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

For SUNKISS, all of the ingredients listed in section 3 are naturally occurring chemical components of the plant-based citrus materials used in the fragrance, not ingredients we add directly as part of the formula. This is because our SDS documents include mixtures, meaning that all ingredients used (such as mandarin essential oil) are further broken down into individual chemical components.  So even though SUNKISS is made entirely of 100% plant-based materials that conform to ISO 9235 standards, the SDS still carries warnings and statements triggered by individual, naturally occurring chemical components of those materials.

Not everyone uses the same format for SDS documents, which can be confusing. Some companies don't analyze mixtures and the SDS can look 'clean' by simply not analyzing too deep.  Others use a lot of solvent that can 'clean up' an SDS by diluting active ingredients to a level that doesn't trigger any warnings.  Regardless, please keep in mind that SDS documents and any warnings or statements they carry are ONLY applicable or the oil in pure form, not finished product.

Still have questions?  Let us know!