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Fragrance ingredients some people react to (the EU requires listing these): Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool
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A quick read on the upsides and the watch-outs — each tied to where it comes from.
Every ingredient in label order — what it does, how likely it is to clog pores, and how strong the research is. Expand a row for the plain-words read.
| Ingredient | What it does | Comedogenic | Evidence |
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1AquaWater | solventmoreWater (Aqua) is the solvent base of most skincare and haircare products and usually the first, largest ingredient on the label. Full ingredient page → | — | |
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6ParfumFragrance | A blend of fragrance compounds; the most common trigger for fragrance sensitivity.more'Fragrance' or 'Parfum' is not a single ingredient but an undisclosed blend of scent compounds (30-50 on average, sometimes up to ~200) whose exact composition is a protected trade secret. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
One of the most reliable moisture-binding ingredients in skincare.moreThe gold-standard humectant in skincare: a small, water-loving (hygroscopic) molecule that is also part of skin's own natural moisturizing factor. Full ingredient page → | 0 | strong | |
A drying solvent alcohol.moreIsopropyl alcohol (isopropanol) is a fast-evaporating solvent and antiseptic. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
9Mica | — | — | |
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perfuming, uv absorbermoreA fragrance ingredient (the benzyl ester of salicylic acid; occurs naturally in some plants) with a very faint sweet-floral, slightly balsamic scent, used to add scent and as a fixative in floral blends (and sometimes as a UV-light absorber). Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
19Linalool | deodorant, perfumingmoreA fragrance ingredient — a naturally occurring terpene alcohol found in lavender, coriander and citrus flowers, with a sweet floral/lavender scent — added purely for scent, and one of the fragrance allergens the EU requires to be declared on cosmetic labels (Annex III). Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
Comedogenic is a 0–5 pore-clogging likelihood — a contested measure, take it lightly. No marker = unremarkable or not yet researched — we never fake a rating.
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Its ingredients appear in 19 peer-reviewed studies we track.Start with Glycerin →
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In label order — earlier usually means more of it. Highlighted names are the evidence-backed actives.
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