INCI ingredient

Geraniol

Also listed as: Géraniol, Geraniol), (Geraniol), Geraniol'

A rose-scented fragrance allergen that EU labels must declare.

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 Geraniol, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Geraniol is a major part of rose and geranium oils and a common perfume ingredient. Like the other declared allergens it must be named on EU labels above a small threshold.

It counts as fragrance.

Functions: fragrance, declared allergen

Products with Geraniol

in 1,990 products

Showing 24 of 1,990 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng

tonic
perfuming

tonic: Producing a feeling of well-being on skin and hair.
perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 106-24-1 · EC 203-377-1

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 78) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. III/78

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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