Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Phenethyl Alcohol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Phenethyl Alcohol is a cosmetic ingredient that hides an unwanted smell or taste. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 99 products, most often facial creams.
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What does Phenethyl Alcohol do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Phenethyl Alcohol hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: masking.
What other names and numbers does Phenethyl Alcohol have?
- CAS number
- 60-12-8
- EC number
- 200-456-2
- CosIng reference
- 36519
Which products contain Phenethyl Alcohol?
Open Beauty Facts finds Phenethyl Alcohol in the ingredient lists of 99 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, face care and skincare.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 24 · United States 19 · Germany 13 · Italy 9.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Phenethyl Alcohol 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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