FRAGRANCE
Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil
- fragrance
The essential oil of Ylang Ylang (Cananga Odorata). Essential oils are aromatic — they are in the formula for scent, and they are a common source of declared fragrance allergens.
- products in our library
- 4
- of researched products
- 0.1%
- on the label, in our co-washes
- usually #38
- most common in
- Co-wash
- in water
- Oil-soluble
At a glance
Four named levels, read from this ingredient’s chemical class, its charge, its solubility, or where it sits on the labels we have. More dots means more of the property named — never “better”.
How much of it is left on hair between washes.
What it takes to get it off the hair again.
How specifically the label has to name it.
Where it sits on the labels we have, in the category it appears in most.
| Property | Level | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| Buildup risk | Needs a cleanser | 4 of 5 |
| Rinse-out behaviour | Rinses with a cleanser | 2 of 5 |
| Declaration | Declared blend | 3 of 5 |
| Prominence | Secondary | 2 of 5 |
What it does for a formula
What Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil does
The general function first, then how the role changes by product type where we have researched it.
A declared blend: the individual components are not named unless rules require it.
What it contributes depends entirely on how much of it is in the bottle.
Most botanicals sit below the 1% line, where label order stops indicating amount.
A distilled aromatic oil: mostly scent, with a few named allergens inside it.
Charge
Charge is not recorded for this ingredient.
Solubility
Needs a surfactant to remove. On a low-detergent routine it can build up over time.
Where it appears
Where it appears
One row per product category in our library: how many products list it, what share of that category that is, and where it typically sits on the label.
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Co-wash
3 products
|
secondary · #38 | |
Mask / treatment
1 product
|
secondary · #16 |
| Product type | Products | Share of category | Median position | Earliest position | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-wash | 3 | 3% | 38 | 36 | secondary |
| Mask / treatment | 1 | 0% | 16 | 16 | secondary |
No product-type differences have been researched yet — the reading below is computed from where it sits on the labels in our library.
Position footprint
Every listing in our library, by position on the label.
| Positions | Zone | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Leading | 0 |
| 4-8 | Supporting | 0 |
| 9-15 | Secondary | 0 |
| 16-25 | Lower | 2 |
| 26+ | Trace | 4 |
How to read this
US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order.
So position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
Who should pay attention
Conditional formulation guidance, scoped to a hair condition and to the positions where it is meaningful. It is not a conclusion about any finished product, and not a conclusion about you.
Essential oils are fragrance. Several carry constituents on the EU list of declared fragrance allergens, so a label with no fragrance line can still be a scented product.
Read from this ingredient’s chemical class. Where we have researched the ingredient itself, that reading replaces the class one.
Why it matters to shoppers
What this ingredient is evidence of, what it is not evidence of, and what our own method can and cannot tell you.
- a scented product
- plant-derived ingredients on the label
- scent from a plant oil rather than a synthetic blend
- something that lasts through the day
- an exact safety score — we do not publish one, for any ingredient
- how a finished product performs by itself — that is the whole formula, not one line of it
- the exact percentage in a bottle — label position never converts into a number
- a secondary fragrance, listed below the main ingredients in our co-washes
- it was on the label of every product we counted — we read printed ingredient lists, not marketing copy
- a meaningful amount of the plant
- that the product will suit you if you react to scent
- a meaningful amount of the plant — most sit below the 1% line
- that a product is right or wrong for you
We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
Why some people avoid it
A botanical extract used for scent, and sometimes for a claimed conditioning or scalp effect.
Essential oils are fragrance. Several contain constituents on the EU list of established contact allergens — limonene, linalool, citral, geraniol, eugenol — so "fragrance-free" and "no synthetic fragrance" are not the same claim, and a plant source does not make a molecule less sensitising to the person who reacts to it.
Where regulators stand: Permitted. The EU requires 26 fragrance allergens to be named individually on the label above set thresholds, which is why they often appear at the end of an ingredient list.
A regulator has acted on this
Browse products in our library without Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil
Commonly paired with
Ingredients that appear alongside this one most often in our library. Near-universal ingredients are excluded — they pair with everything and tell you nothing.
- Distearoylethyl Dimonium Chloride · 4
- Geraniol · 4
- Tocopherol · 4
- Benzyl Alcohol · 4
- Juniperus Virginiana (Cedarwood) Oil · 3
- Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Leaf Oil · 3
- Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Leaf Extract · 3
- Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Extract · 3
- Rosa Centifolia Flower Water · 3
- Menthyl Lactate · 3
The number beside a name is how many products in our library list both.
These ingredients tend to appear together to improve feel after rinsing, give it a scent, and deliver a stated effect.
Found in these products
The most prominent placements first. The badge is the position on that product’s own ingredient list.
Bouclème · Mask / treatment
Intensive Moisture Treatment
#16 on the label · $5.10/oz
Innersense Organic Beauty · Mask / treatment
Detox Hair Mask
#23 on the label · $5.33/oz
Andalou Naturals · Scalp treatment
Argan Stem Cell Age Defying Scalp Intensive
#34 on the label · $7.14/oz
Hairstory · Co-wash
New Wash Rich
#36 on the label · $6.00/oz
Hairstory · Co-wash
New Wash Deep Clean
#38 on the label · $6.50/oz
Hairstory · Co-wash
New Wash Original
#40 on the label · $7.31/oz
Identity
What this entry is, and what our references call it.
No public-domain structure depiction is available for this entry.
Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- cananga odorata (ylang ylang) flower oil
For your hair?
Whether Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil matters for your hair depends on your hair.
4 products in our library list itWhat this ingredient does, and where it sits on the labels we have researched.
A verdict on any product that contains it, and never a safety grade.
We do not physically test your hair. Everything above is read from the ingredient lists in our library and from published references — the consultation is what turns it into a plan.
References
Seed entry — sourcing in progress Written from our reference work; primary sourcing is still being attached.
No published source is attached to this entry yet.
How this page was made
- Every number above is counted from the ingredient lists in our own product library — 4 of 3889 researched products list this ingredient. Nothing on this page is written per ingredient.
- The dots are named levels read from an ingredient’s chemical class, charge, solubility, or where it sits on the labels we have — never a score.
- US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
- The prominence bands (leading, supporting, secondary) are the same ones the product pages use to read a single label, applied here to the median position across a category.
- We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
- Identifiers and references appear only when a published source is attached to this entry; where none is, the row is simply absent rather than filled in.
- This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
- Entry last updated 2026-09-02. Product-page methodology: the product library.