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INCI ingredient

Phenylpropanol

Phenylpropanol appears on 39 ingredient lists in our database, most often in wipess.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Phenylpropanol appears on 39 ingredient lists in our database, most often in wipess.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

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

Functions: fragrance, solvent, perfuming

Products with Phenylpropanol

in 39 products

Showing 24 of 39 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • solvent
  • perfuming
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 1335-12-2 / 122-97-4 · EC 215-621-4 / 204-587-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

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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