Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Diethylhexyl Adipate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Diethylhexyl Adipate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often anti-wrinkle creams.

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What does Diethylhexyl Adipate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Diethylhexyl Adipate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning, film forming, solvent and plasticiser.

emollientskin conditioningfilm formingsolventplasticiser

What other names and numbers does Diethylhexyl Adipate have?

CAS number
103-23-1
EC number
203-090-1
CosIng reference
75717

Which products contain Diethylhexyl Adipate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Diethylhexyl Adipate in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often anti-wrinkle creams, day creams and deodorants.

  • Anti-wrinkle creams1
  • Day creams1
  • Deodorants1
  • Anti-perspirants1
  • Hair care1

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

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Diethylhexyl Adipate 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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