Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Pentadecalactone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Pentadecalactone is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 8 products, most often moist wipes.

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What does Pentadecalactone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Pentadecalactone 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 Pentadecalactone have?

CAS number
106-02-5
EC number
203-354-6
CosIng reference
40568

Which products contain Pentadecalactone?

Open Beauty Facts finds Pentadecalactone in the ingredient lists of 8 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often moist wipes, baby wipes and hair care.

  • Moist wipes2
  • Baby wipes2
  • Hair care1
  • Shampoos1
  • Hair conditioners1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4 · Norway 1 · Morocco 1 · United States 1.

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