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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 14 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil adds scent, hides an unwanted smell or taste and gives a feeling of well-being to skin or hair. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming, masking and tonic.

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What is Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil?

Vetiver oil; khas khas oil. Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil is an essential oil distilled from the dried roots of the Vetivert, Vetiveria zizanoides, Poaceae.

CAS number
8016-96-4, 84238-29-9
EC number
282-490-8
CosIng reference
41293

Which products contain Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil in the ingredient lists of 14 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, soaps and hair conditioners.

  • Shampoos2
  • Soaps2
  • Hair conditioners2
  • Body care1
  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 8 · United States 2 · Malaysia 2 · Switzerland 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil 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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