Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Benzyl Acetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Benzyl Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often soaps.

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What does Benzyl Acetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Benzyl Acetate adds scent and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming and masking.

perfumingmasking

What other names and numbers does Benzyl Acetate have?

CAS number
140-11-4, 101-41-7
EC number
205-399-7, 202-940-9
CosIng reference
74484

Which products contain Benzyl Acetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Benzyl Acetate in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often soaps, sunscreen and face care.

  • Soaps2
  • Sunscreen1
  • Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · France 2 · Germany 2 · Colombia 1.

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

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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

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