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INCI ingredient

Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil

Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cleansers.

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 Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cleansers.

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: fragrance, tonic, perfuming

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • tonic
  • perfuming
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • tonic: Producing a feeling of well-being on skin and hair.
  • perfuming: Used for perfume and aromatic raw materials.

CAS 8016-96-4 / 84238-29-9 · EC - / 282-490-8

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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