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Phenylpropanol
Phenylpropanol
Used for a mild, sweet floral scent, and as a solvent that helps other ingredients dissolve.
What it does
Its chemical name is 3-phenylpropan-1-ol. Some ingredient lists file it as fragrance, but it isn’t one of the fragrance allergens EU law makes labels name.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a fragrance (adds scent) and a solvent (dissolves other ingredients).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
moderateThe SCCS (2012) lists phenylpropanol among fragrance substances with positive human data that are not sufficient to categorise it as an established contact allergen in humans, with limited human evidence. In the one study it cites (Larsen 2002), 0.9% of 218 patients with contact allergy to fragrance ingredients reacted to it.SCCS 2012 · European Commission SCCS ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
3-phenylpropanol, phenylpropyl alcohol, hydrocinnamyl alcohol
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