Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Crocus Sativus Flower Extract in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Crocus Sativus Flower Extract is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often hair care.
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What does Crocus Sativus Flower Extract do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Crocus Sativus Flower Extract hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: masking.
What is Crocus Sativus Flower Extract?
Crocus Sativus Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Saffron Crocus, Crocus sativus L., Iridaceae.
- CAS number
- 84604-17-1
- EC number
- 283-295-0
- CosIng reference
- 55522
Which products contain Crocus Sativus Flower Extract?
Open Beauty Facts finds Crocus Sativus Flower Extract in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and soaps.
Products with it, by country of sale: India 2 · Greece 1 · France 1 · Poland 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Crocus Sativus Flower Extract 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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