INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Fragrance Oil Versus Essential Oil on Your Ingredient List
A synthetic fragrance blend and a single essential oil declare very differently on a CNF. Here is how each one actually gets named.
July 9, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers
Turning trade names into INCI, finding CAS numbers, and matching them cleanly.
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
pH Adjusters on a Filing: Citric Acid and Its Solution
A citric acid solution from your supplier isn't pure citric acid. Here is what actually goes on your ingredient list, and why water matters.
July 8, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers6 min read
Turning supplier trade names into INCI names
Your supplier calls it Crodamol, the regulator wants Isopropyl Myristate. Here is how to bridge trade names to INCI without guessing, and where the blends will trip you up.
July 8, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Essential Oil INCI Versus Its Individual Constituents
Declaring lavender oil as one line item works until an allergen constituent inside it needs its own separate disclosure.
July 7, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Placing Parfum and Its Allergens Below the 1 Percent Line
Where Parfum and its broken-out allergens actually sit in your INCI list when the total scent load is small.
July 6, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Lye on the Label: Sodium Hydroxide INCI for Soap Makers
Whether saponified soap should declare sodium hydroxide, the fatty acids, or the resulting sodium salts, explained for filing purposes.
July 3, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Proprietary Actives With Trademarked Names and Real INCI
How branded peptide complexes and trademarked extract blends resolve to the plain INCI names you actually have to file.
July 3, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Ordering Your Ingredient List by Concentration, Step by Step
A practical method for ranking every ingredient on a formula sheet by real concentration before it reaches a cosmetic notification filing.
June 30, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Three Ways to Confirm a CAS Number Is the Right One
Practical cross-checks, including the CAS check-digit rule, for catching a transposed or simply wrong CAS number before you file.
June 20, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers3 min read
Acid or Salt: How the Form Changes Both INCI and CAS
Sodium lactate and lactic acid look related on a supplier spec sheet, but they file as two different INCI names with two different CAS numbers.
June 15, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Reading the Latin Binomial Inside a Botanical INCI Name
Botanical INCI names look intimidating because they encode genus, species, and plant part in one string. Here is how to read them.
June 11, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Why a Supplier Trade Name Never Belongs on Your CNF
Supplier trade names carry no regulatory meaning. Here is why every ingredient must be translated to its INCI name before a Canadian filing.
June 11, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Naming Star Actives: Niacinamide, Retinol, and Their INCI
Marketing names for hero actives usually match their INCI names, but not always exactly. Here is where the two can quietly diverge.
June 10, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Emulsifying Wax Is Not One Ingredient: The INCI Breakdown
Emulsifying wax NF and Polawax are blends of several INCI substances, and your filing needs every one of them listed separately.
June 9, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Mica, Iron Oxides, and Reading a Colorant's Full INCI
How a single shimmer pigment splits into mica plus several CI-numbered oxides, and why each layer needs its own line on the filing.
June 7, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Hyaluronic Acid or Sodium Hyaluronate: Which INCI Applies
Why most bottles labeled hyaluronic acid actually contain sodium hyaluronate, and how molecular weight versions differ on paper.
June 3, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Eco Preservative Blends and Their Component INCI Names
Breaking naturals-leaning preservative blends like Geogard and Leucidal into the actual INCI ingredients a Canadian filing needs.
June 2, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
The List 1 Fragrance Allergens and Their INCI Names
The specific INCI names for Canada's List 1 fragrance allergens becoming mandatory April 12, 2026, and where they hide in essential oils.
May 31, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers3 min read
Aqueous Extracts: When Water Becomes a Separate Line
A water-carried botanical extract quietly adds Aqua to your ingredient list, and its position on the panel depends on real concentration.
May 27, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers3 min read
Getting Allergen Percentages From a Supplier Fragrance Doc
Reading a supplier's allergen declaration sheet correctly is what tells you whether your fragrance blend crosses a disclosure threshold.
May 26, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Getting the INCI When the Supplier Only Gave a Trade Name
A step-by-step way to turn a supplier's marketing name into a real INCI breakdown you can actually file with.
May 18, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
CI 77491 or Iron Oxide: Choosing the Colorant Declaration
When a colorant needs its Colour Index number versus when the plain INCI name like Iron Oxides is enough for your filing.
May 16, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Shea Butter or Butyrospermum Parkii: What Goes on the CNF
Why the Cosmetic Notification Form wants Butyrospermum parkii, not shea butter, and where the common name is still allowed.
May 16, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
CAS, EINECS, and EC Numbers: Which One a Filing Wants
Untangling CAS, EINECS, and EC numbers so you stop pasting the wrong identifier into a cosmetic notification.
May 15, 2026Read