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C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 744 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and slows the growth of microbes on the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and antimicrobial.

emollientskin conditioningantimicrobial

What other names and numbers does C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate have?

CAS number
68411-27-8
EC number
270-112-4
CosIng reference
74635

Which products contain C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate?

Open Beauty Facts finds C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate in the ingredient lists of 744 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen and deodorants.

  • Sunscreen173
  • Deodorants65

Products with it, by country of sale: France 197 · Germany 154 · United States 66 · Spain 45.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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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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