INCI ingredient

Methyl 2-octynoate

Methyl 2-octynoate appears on 9 ingredient lists in our database, most often in perfumes.

What it triggers

Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
FragranceYescounts as fragrance
ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
SiliconeNonot a silicone
AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Methyl 2-octynoate, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Methyl 2-octynoate appears on 9 ingredient lists in our database, most often in perfumes.

On the label it counts as fragrance, which is why a product that lists it cannot be fragrance-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: perfuming

Products with Methyl 2-octynoate

in 9 products

Showing 9 of 9 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 111-12-6 · EC 203-836-6

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 89) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration (b) 0.01% when used alone When present in combination with methyl octine carbonate, the combined level in the finished product shall not exceed 0,01 % (of which methyl octine carbonate shall not be more than 0,002 %). (a) Oral products (b) Other products III/89

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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