Aplikasi Sitronelal Minyak Sereh Wangi pada Produk Eau de Toilette dengan Bahan Pewangi Alami

Abstract

The increasing awareness for customer’s health, lifestyle, and environmental issues leads them to purchase products that have natural advantages, and one of those is natural fragrance. The purpose of this study is to formulate eau de toilette with natural fragrance using citronellal from citronella oil and other essential oils. Preliminary research was done by survey method to identify trends in perfume using and essential oil types preferred by customers. Primary research was done by formulating eau de toilette at 7.4% fragrance concentration. In this research, the hedonic test utilizes preference for clarity, natural fragrance, and overall fragrance product parameters. The formulation is a mixture of fragrances to 10 ml ethanol as a solvent. Based on hedonic test and selection of the best formulas using Bayes method, three formulas were selected with the highest score. The best formula is mixed between 0.3 ml patchouli oil, 0.2 ml jasmine oil, and 0.3 ml lemon oil. The second formula is mixed between 0.3 ml patchouli oil, 0.2 ml jasmine oil, 0.1 ml citronellal, and 0.2 ml lemon oil. The third formula is mixed between 0.3 ml patchouli oil, 0.2 ml jasmine oil, 0.1 ml citronellal, and 0.2 ml peppermint oil. The best three formulas have flower and fresh aroma.