Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Citronellyl Methylcrotonate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Citronellyl Methylcrotonate is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often deodorants.
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What does Citronellyl Methylcrotonate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Citronellyl Methylcrotonate adds scent and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming and masking.
What other names and numbers does Citronellyl Methylcrotonate have?
- CAS number
- 20770-40-5
- EC number
- 244-019-4
- CosIng reference
- 55471
Which products contain Citronellyl Methylcrotonate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Citronellyl Methylcrotonate in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants.
Products with it, by country of sale: Italy 3 · United States 2 · France 1 · Germany 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Citronellyl Methylcrotonate 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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