Cafe de Olla (Mexican Spiced Coffee) Fragrance Oil
Transport yourself to the heart of Mexico with the rich and comforting aroma of Cafe de Olla. This unique fragrance blends the robust scent of freshly brewed coffee with an enticing mix of warm spices, capturing the essence of a traditional Mexican coffee experience.
Description
Café de Olla (Mexican Spiced Coffee) Fragrance Oil
What it smells like and what it does in a base
Coffee with the pot, not coffee from a syrup bottle. The roast note is dark and slightly bitter, and it arrives wrapped in cinnamon bark and unrefined sugar rather than dressed up as dessert. The traditional olla version is brewed with piloncillo and canela, and that is what this reads as — a spiced brew with body, not a caramel latte.
Two things shape how you formulate with it. It carries roughly 6% vanillin, so it will brown a white base over time; plan on a stabilizer or design the colour around it. And its certified ceilings are flat and low — about 3.8% across most skin categories — which is plenty for a scrub or a wash but rules it out as a fine-fragrance concentrate.
Día de los Muertos
Ten scents drawn from the ofrenda itself. Café de Olla is what sits on the altar in the morning — the everyday offering, and the warmest of the food notes in the set.
Scent architecture
How the fragrance unfolds — use this to write your own product copy
Bases we'd build this into
Tested pairings from our own kitchen
Behavior in base
The four things that go wrong, and whether they will here
Maximum usage levels
From IFRA certificate FO7783 · 48th Amendment
The percentages below are regulatory ceilings, not recommendations. Most finished products sit well under them — please follow the usage rate recommendations on each base. Note that this oil's limits are unusually flat: most skin categories share the same 3.807% ceiling.
| What you're making | Max | IFRA class |
|---|---|---|
| Body lotions, creams & oils, fine fragrance, body mist, hair spray | 3.807% | Class 4 |
| Body wash, shampoo, bar soap, melt & pour, bath products | 3.807% | Class 9 |
| Hand cream, women's facial cream & make-up, facial masks | 3.807% | Class 5 |
| Eye products, baby creams, men's facial balms | 3.807% | Class 3 |
| Leave-in hair products, nail care, powders, hair dyes | 3.289% | Class 8 |
| Wipes (baby, intimate, toilet), insect repellent | 3.043% | Class 7 |
| Body spray for underarm use, deodorant | 1.521% | Class 2 |
All 11 IFRA classes, as certified
| Class | Max | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 0.000% | Lip products of all types, toys |
| Class 2 | 1.521% | Body sprays & mists for underarm use, deodorant, antiperspirant |
| Class 3 | 3.807% | Eye products, baby creams & oils, men's facial creams, tampons, hydroalcoholic on shaved skin |
| Class 4 | 3.807% | Fine fragrance, body creams, oils & lotions of all types, hair styling aids & sprays |
| Class 5 | 3.807% | Hand cream, hand sanitizer, women's facial cream & make-up, facial masks, dry shampoo, baby powder & talc |
| Class 6 | 0.000% | Mouthwash, breath spray, toothpaste |
| Class 7 | 3.043% | Baby wipes, intimate wipes, toilet wipes, insect repellent |
| Class 8 | 3.289% | Leave-in hair products (mousse, gel, leave-in conditioner), make-up removers, nail care, powders & talcs, hair dyes |
| Class 9 | 3.807% | Rinse-off: bath products, body wash, shower gel, shampoo, liquid & bar soap |
| Class 10 | 3.807% | Laundry detergent, fabric softener, hand dishwashing, diapers |
| Class 11 | 100.000% | Non-skin or incidental contact: candles, reed diffusers, air fresheners, treated textiles |
Essentials by Catalina, Inc. certifies this product complies with the 48th Amendment to the IFRA safety guidelines. Use above these levels requires a new safety evaluation. Ensuring the safety of your finished product remains your responsibility. Download the IFRA certificate →
Documents
Everything you need for your own compliance file
Blends well with
Build a signature accord — run the ratios through the calculator
Made with this oil
A full recipe from our blog
Café de Olla Cleansing Hand and Body Scrub
A full formulation that leans into the browning instead of fighting it, using coffee grounds as the exfoliant and this oil at working load.
Read the recipe →Pure & undiluted
Why our oils behave differently from most
Many suppliers sell fragrance oils cut with carrier oils or diluents to reduce cost. Ours are concentrated, pure, undiluted and cosmetic grade. A concentrated oil means a lower fragrance load per batch — a little goes a long way, and your cost per unit drops even when the per-ounce price does not.
Product compatibility is not the responsibility of Essentials By Catalina, Inc. We strongly advise sampling before committing to larger quantities so you can evaluate performance, compatibility and safety in your own formulation. Keep all products out of children's reach.
Additional Info
Scent Profile (Gourmet)
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Best For
Audience: Unisex
Season: Year-Round
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Flashpoint
86 °C (187 °F)
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Vanilla Content
~6
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Compatibility
Candles: Not Specified
CP Soap: Not Specified
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INCI Name
Parfum
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Country of Origin
USA
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