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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Propyl Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that dissolves other ingredients. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often nail makeup.

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What does Propyl Acetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Propyl Acetate dissolves other ingredients and adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: solvent and perfuming.

solventperfuming

What other names and numbers does Propyl Acetate have?

CAS number
109-60-4
EC number
203-686-1
CosIng reference
37264

Which products contain Propyl Acetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Propyl Acetate in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail makeup and nail polishes.

  • Nail makeup4
  • Nail polishes4

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

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