Passionfruit Oil

Passionfruit Oil (also known as Maracuja oil) is the liquid oil from the seeds of the passionfruit. In terms of fatty acid composition, it’s very simple: 73% linoleic acid, 13% oleic acid, and 14% palmitic acid (according to Modern Cosmetics)

Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil

Pale yellow transparent liquid

Up to 100%

Ultralightweight oil, smooth

Nothing strong; slightly fresh/fruity

Very fast

Liquid at room temperature & straight out of the fridge

Oil

Passionfruit Oil is a lovely, lightweight emollient—brilliant for applications where you don’t want something to be greasy, but still want to use lots of oils. It also has wonderful label appeal, sounding very exotic and expensive.

No; I’d call it a nice-to-have luxury oil.

I have virgin passionfruit oil and I like it.

Lightweight, fast-absorbing, great skin feel, very market-able.

Passionfruit oil can be a bit tricky to find, depending on where you live.

Another lightweight carrier oil would be a good choice—perhaps a blend of rosehip oil and argan oil? Safflower and grapeseed oil would also be good options. Poppyseed oil is very close to passionfruit oil in terms of fatty acid makeup, and would also be a good choice.

Include Passionfruit Oil in the oil phase of your formulations; it can be hot or cold processed.

Stored somewhere cool, dark, and dry, passionfruit oil should last about one year.

You can buy ~50mL (1.69fl oz) of passionfruit oil for $63CAD at Sephora… or get 125mL from a DIY supplier for ~10CAD.

100mL (3.3fl oz)

 Buy it from an online DIY ingredient supplier or Amazon.