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INCI ingredient

Eugenol

Also listed as: Eugénol, Eugenol'

A clove-scented fragrance allergen that EU labels must declare by name.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceYescounts as fragrance
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Eugenol, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Eugenol is the main scent molecule of clove oil and is also present in cinnamon leaf, bay and basil oils. It reaches a product through those oils or through a perfume blend. CosIng lists it as perfuming, tonic and denaturant.

EU rules make brands print it on the label once it passes a set concentration, so seeing it means the product is scented and the fragrance-free answer is no.

Functions: fragrance, declared allergen

Products with Eugenol

in 609 products

Showing 24 of 609 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • denaturant
  • tonic
  • perfuming
  • denaturant: Rendering cosmetics unpalatable. Mostly added to cosmetics containing ethyl alcohol to make it unsuitable for ingestion.
  • tonic: Producing a feeling of well-being on skin and hair.
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 97-53-0 · EC 202-589-1

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 71) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. III/71

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

Fragrance-free instead

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