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Amylcinnamyl Alcohol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Amylcinnamyl Alcohol is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions. It is a fragrance allergen that EU labels must name above set levels. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often shaving.

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What does Amylcinnamyl Alcohol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Amylcinnamyl Alcohol adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: perfuming.

perfuming

What other names and numbers does Amylcinnamyl Alcohol have?

CAS number
101-85-9
EC number
202-982-8
CosIng reference
39033

Is Amylcinnamyl Alcohol restricted in the EU?

Yes, it has limits. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions of use, such as a maximum amount or a warning on the label (Annex III of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 74).

The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.

Is Amylcinnamyl Alcohol a fragrance allergen?

Yes. Amylcinnamyl Alcohol is one of the fragrance allergens that EU rules make a label name when there is more than 0.001% of it in a product left on the skin, or more than 0.01% in one that is rinsed off. On a label it can appear on its own after “Parfum”, because it is part of the scent.

Who should look out for Amylcinnamyl Alcohol?

Fragrance-sensitive skinNot for youIt is a fragrance allergen EU rules name.

Read the fragrance (parfum) guide

Which products contain Amylcinnamyl Alcohol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Amylcinnamyl Alcohol in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shaving, aftershaves and perfumes.

  • Shaving1
  • Aftershaves1
  • Perfumes1
  • Cologne1

Products with it, by country of sale: Bolivia 2 · Colombia 2 · France 1 · Chile 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Amylcinnamyl Alcohol turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsFragrance allergensRestricted in the EU

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  3. EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)
  4. EU Regulation 2023/1545 (fragrance allergen labelling)

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