Suse: I wondered about MooGoo's fragrance... I assumed that they used synthetic fragrance because it was a safer ingredient than most essential oils... as lovely as essential oils are many are kinda harsh if over used....even tiny quantities. You'd think after going to all the effort to research the safety of their main ingredients that they wouldn't want to ruin their product by adding something harmful... but yeah, I know what you mean, the idea of using something synthetic does have an ick factor... compared to an essential oil... but is the reality different I wonder?