What is Fragrance Mix I in a patch test?

Fragrance Mix I screens eight components that detect most fragrance allergy.

The eight-component screening mix that detects the majority of fragrance allergy. A positive result means one or more of these components — not necessarily all fragranced products.

Ingredients in this family (8)

AMYL CINNAMAL
CINNAMAL
CINNAMYL ALCOHOL
EUGENOL
EVERNIA PRUNASTRI EXTRACT
GERANIOL
HYDROXYCITRONELLAL
ISOEUGENOL

Commonly co-reacts with

Documented co-reactivity. Not everyone sensitised to one reacts to the others, but they are worth discussing with your clinician.

Evidence

Source:: European baseline series; de Groot AC, Frosch PJ. Contact Dermatitis. 1997;36(2):57-86
Member list is:: complete for this family
What this does not establish:: Whether you personally react. Contact allergy is confirmed by patch testing, not by an ingredient list.
Last reviewed:: 2026-09-26

Information, not medical advice. A suspected contact allergy should be confirmed by a dermatologist through patch testing.