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INCI ingredient

Hexyl Cinnamal

Also listed as: (Hexyl Cinnamal)

A jasmine-like 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 Hexyl Cinnamal, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Hexyl cinnamal is a synthetic perfume ingredient with a soft floral smell. EU rules require it to be named when present above a small threshold.

It counts as fragrance.

Functions: fragrance, declared allergen

Products with Hexyl Cinnamal

in 1,976 products

Showing 24 of 1,976 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • perfuming
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 101-86-0 · EC 202-983-3/639-566-4

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 87) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. III/87

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

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

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