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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Ethyl Linoleate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Ethyl Linoleate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 14 products, most often serums.

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What does Ethyl Linoleate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Ethyl Linoleate softens and smooths the skin, and adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and perfuming.

emollientperfuming

What other names and numbers does Ethyl Linoleate have?

CAS number
544-35-4
EC number
208-868-4
CosIng reference
76066

Which products contain Ethyl Linoleate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Ethyl Linoleate in the ingredient lists of 14 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often serums, sunscreen and face serums.

  • Serums1
  • Sunscreen1
  • Face serums1
  • Skincare1

Products with it, by country of sale: Poland 6 · France 2 · United States 2 · Finland 1.

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