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Benzyl Salicylate

Severity 4/10

fragrance · uv absorber

Is Benzyl Salicylate safe?

Benzyl Salicylate carries moderate concerns worth knowing about (allergy risk).

In plain language

A floral fixative on the EU allergen list, with early-stage evidence of weak hormonal activity being evaluated by regulators.

A Caredermis plain-language explanation to help you read the label — not a regulator statement. The sourced facts are the classifications and status shown on this page.

Documented concerns

Each concern below is drawn from official data — see the cited sources ↓

Allergy risk

4/10

EU-declarable fragrance allergen.

Official regulatory status

Pulled directly from official regulatory datasets and expert reviews — not our own judgement.

CIR: safe as used (with qualifications)EU cosmetics: Restricted

EU SCCS safety opinions

  • · Opinion concerning Essential Oils
  • · Opinion concerning Fragrance Allergy in Consumers - A Review of the Problem - Analysis of the need for appropriate Consumer Information and Identification of Consumer Allergens
  • · Opinion concerning the Interim Position on Fragrance Allergy
  • · Memorandum on the SCCNFP Opinion concerning Fragrance Allergy
  • · Opinion on Benzyl Salicylate (CAS No. 118-58-1, EC No. 204-262-9), preliminary version of 6-7 June 2023, final version of 26 October 2023, SCCS/1656/23.
Read SCCS opinions ↗

Guidance by skin profile

Caredermis editorial guidance based on the concerns above — checked against the official records on every build, but not itself a regulator statement.

  • Sensitive skinUse with caution
  • Oily & acne-proneNo specific concern
  • Dry skinNo specific concern
  • PregnancyNo specific concern
  • Babies & kidsNo specific concern
  • Eczema-proneNo specific concern

Sources

Each authority below is shown only because our ingested copy of its data lists Benzyl Salicylate — not because we asserted it. Follow a link to verify the classification or regulation directly.

CIR conclusion from the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Quick Reference Table — cir-safety.org (snapshot in data/sources/)(point-in-time snapshot; CIR's live record may have been updated since).

See our methodology for how these map to concern levels. Informational only — not medical advice.

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