No drawing: it is there to carry or keep the perfume.
Ingredients · Not for the smell
Avobenzone
Say itav-oh-BEN-zohn
Odorless.
- What it is
- There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.
- What perfumers do with it
- Absorbs UVA light so tinted perfume in clear glass keeps its color
- Worth knowing
- Named on 45 of 101 alcohol-based perfume labels sampled from Open Beauty Facts in 2026, more than any other UV filter.
- Known in
- Invictus (Paco Rabanne, 2013); La Vie est Belle (Lancôme, 2012)
- Rules
- Limited. EU UV-filter cap 5%
- Also called
- butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
On the label of 68 of the 232 perfumes read so far
No. 5Chanel · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
SauvageDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”AngelMugler · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Good GirlCarolina Herrera · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
LibreYSL · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”La Vie Est BelleLancôme · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Coco MademoiselleChanel · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Baccarat Rouge 540Maison Francis Kurkdjian · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Terre d'HermèsHermès · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”JickyGuerlain · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Reflection ManAmouage · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Lift Me UpInitio · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Narcotic DelightInitio · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Sugar BlastInitio · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Wild RushInitio · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Reflection WomanAmouage · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Overture WomanAmouage · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Miss DiorDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Black OpiumYSL · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”YYSL · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”SìArmani · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
ParadoxePrada · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Donna Born in RomaValentino · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Le MaleJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”MYSLFYSL · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”ErosVersace · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Bright CrystalVersace · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
The Most WantedAzzaro · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Uomo Born in Roma IntenseValentino · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Mojave GhostByredo · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”FlowerbombViktor&Rolf · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”GoddessBurberry · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”DaisyMarc Jacobs · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”HerBurberry · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Touch for MenBurberry · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Good Girl BlushCarolina Herrera · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”SauvageDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”InvictusRabanne · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
LibreYSL · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”AlienMugler · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”La BombaCarolina Herrera · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Le Male ElixirJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”My WayArmani · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”IdôleLancôme · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Paradoxe IntensePrada · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”PhantomRabanne · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Bal d'AfriqueByredo · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”CodeArmani · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Delina ExclusifParfums de Marly · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”ChloéChloé · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”L'InterditGivenchy · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Grand SoirMaison Francis Kurkdjian · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Daisy WildMarc Jacobs · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
DelinaParfums de Marly · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”L'Eau d'Issey Pour HommeIssey Miyake · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Miss Dior Blooming BouquetDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Le Beau Paradise GardenJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”Million Gold for HerRabanne · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
FameRabanne · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Homme IntenseDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”FahrenheitDior · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
Le BeauJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”
1 Million LuckyRabanne · printed “Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane”