Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Thymol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Thymol is a cosmetic ingredient that colours hair. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 96 products, most often mouthwash.
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What does Thymol do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Thymol colours hair, hides an unwanted smell or taste and makes alcohol undrinkable. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: hair dyeing, masking and denaturant.
What other names and numbers does Thymol have?
- CAS number
- 89-83-8
- EC number
- 201-944-8
- CosIng reference
- 38597
Which products contain Thymol?
Open Beauty Facts finds Thymol in the ingredient lists of 96 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often mouthwash and toothpastes.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 16 · France 12 · Germany 9 · Australia 8.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Thymol 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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