Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Dimethyl Phenylbutanol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Dimethyl Phenylbutanol is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Dimethyl Phenylbutanol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Dimethyl Phenylbutanol hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: masking.

masking

What other names and numbers does Dimethyl Phenylbutanol have?

CAS number
2035-93-0
EC number
218-002-7
CosIng reference
83044

Which products contain Dimethyl Phenylbutanol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Dimethyl Phenylbutanol in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, roll-on deodorants and body care.

  • Deodorants2
  • Roll-on deodorants1
  • Body care1
  • Hand creams1
  • Sunscreen1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5 · Germany 1 · Senegal 1.

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