Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Geranyl Acetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Geranyl Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 136 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Geranyl Acetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Geranyl Acetate adds scent and gives a feeling of well-being to skin or hair. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming and tonic.

perfumingtonic

What other names and numbers does Geranyl Acetate have?

CAS number
105-87-3
EC number
203-341-5
CosIng reference
33995

Which products contain Geranyl Acetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Geranyl Acetate in the ingredient lists of 136 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, body care and spray deodorants.

  • Deodorants16
  • Body care5
  • Spray deodorants4
  • Roll-on deodorants4

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 45 · France 27 · United States 11 · Turkey 10.

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