IFRA Standard: Oakmoss extracts

Not advice An educational summary of a public standard, as of 2026-09-30; not compliance advice. Read the current text at the source.

Its restriction follows atranol and chloroatranol, and its specification limits each of them in the extract. The figures per product category are at the source, which is the text to read.

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Name

IFRA Standard: Oakmoss extracts

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Amendment 49 Oakmoss extracts

IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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Body

IFRA (the industry’s self-regulation; not law)

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Amendment 49 Oakmoss extracts

IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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Instrument

IFRA Standard (Amendment 49)

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Amendment 49 Oakmoss extracts

IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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Kind of rule

RESTRICTION / SPECIFICATION

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RECOMMENDATION: RESTRICTION / SPECIFICATION

IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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What drives it

the presence of atranol and chloroatranol

documented

For Oakmoss and Treemoss extracts, the restrictions in the Standards are directly linked to the presence of Atranol and Chloroatranol in the finished products.

IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

the standard’s own note box; its "intrinsic property" line was not quoted

confidence A

In short

A restriction by maximum concentration of the extract per product category, tied to atranol and chloroatranol, and a specification: each of the two below a stated level in the extract, and no added treemoss.

documented

For Oakmoss and Treemoss extracts, the restrictions in the Standards are directly linked to the presence of Atranol and Chloroatranol in the finished products.

IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Dates

• published (IFRA Amendment 49): 2020 (Amendment 49)
  documented

  History: Publication date: 2020 (Amendment 49)

  IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Applies to

• oakmoss absolute (oak moss extract) (Oakmoss extracts (oakmoss absolute; Evernia prunastri extract), CAS 90028-68-5)
  documented

  CAS-No.: 90028-68-5 68917-10-2 9000-50-4

  IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

• 2,6-Dihydroxy-4-Methylbenzaldehyde (Atranol, specified in the extract)
  documented

  Further, levels of Atranol and Chloroatranol should each be below 100 ppm in Oakmoss extracts.

  IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

• 3-Chloro-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde (Chloroatranol, specified in the extract)
  documented

  Further, levels of Atranol and Chloroatranol should each be below 100 ppm in Oakmoss extracts.

  IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

As of

2026-09-30

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The text

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IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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Teaching accords it touches

• The chypre skeleton
• The fougère skeleton

In history

• IFRA’s 49th Amendment, 2020

Sources

1. IFRA-067 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA). IFRA Standard: Oakmoss extracts, Amendment 49 (2020). Geneva: IFRA Standards Library. d3t14p1xronwr0.cloudfront.net/docs/standards/IFR… · read 2026-09-30 · published by IFRA; no reuse licence stated; quoted

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