Ingredient
Benzyl Alcohol
Korean label: 벤질알코올
A multitasking aromatic alcohol that occurs naturally in many plants and essential oils (jasmine, ylang-ylang): it works as a solvent and as a bacteriostatic preservative in cosmetics, and also contributes a mild sweet-floral scent as a fragrance ingredient.
Key facts
- INCI name
- Benzyl Alcohol
- Also known as
- 벤질알코올
- Evidence grade
- moderate evidence
- In our catalog
- Found in 224 of the 1,914 products we've decoded
- Reviewed
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