What's that smell?

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I make a toner (sort of) the consists of mostly hydrosols and distillates

(chamomile, cucumber and a few others).

When I put them all together, I personally don't think it's horrible

smelling, but some people have a hard time with the strong smell of

Chamomile. So I've been working a little with frangrance oils and

added them to the mix. There is also about 1% alcohol and 1%

fragrance oil.

It smells ok for about a week, then it starts to smell a little

weired. Almost like a fugus smell but not horrible. I've used Germall

Plus and Phenonip at 1% in different batches, but the same result so I

don't think it's fugus.

All the ingredients smell fresh when I mix them. In other words, I

know what they smell like fresh or even after a couple days, but there

is a difference in the smell after a week or two.

Any guesses on what the smell could be? It's not that bad but as I

said, it gets worse as the product gets older unless it stays

refrigerated. Could it be the oils?

My next batch I'm going to use a little polysorbate 80 and propolyne

glycol but I have to make a huge batch so wanted some imput.

Thanks in advance.

Mark