No drawing: it is there to carry or keep the perfume.
Ingredients · Not for the smell
Octinoxate
Say itok-tih-NOK-sayt
Nearly odorless.
- What it is
- There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.
- What perfumers do with it
- UV absorber that protects the juice, not the skin, from fading and breakdown in light
- Worth knowing
- A sunscreen filter too; Hawaii barred it from sunscreens in 2021 over coral-reef harm.
- Known in
- Twilly d'Hermès (Hermès, 2017); Mon Paris (Yves Saint Laurent, 2016); Boss Bottled (Hugo Boss, 1998)
- Rules
- Limited. EU UV-filter cap 10%; banned from Hawaii sunscreens
- Also called
- ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate
On the label of 31 of the 232 perfumes read so far
AngelMugler · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”La Vie Est BelleLancôme · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Terre d'HermèsHermès · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Reflection ManAmouage · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Lift Me UpInitio · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Narcotic DelightInitio · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
Sugar BlastInitio · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Wild RushInitio · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Reflection WomanAmouage · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Overture WomanAmouage · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”SìArmani · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”ErosVersace · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Bright CrystalVersace · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Light BlueDolce & Gabbana · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Light Blue Pour HommeDolce & Gabbana · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
Mojave GhostByredo · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”FlowerbombViktor&Rolf · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”DaisyMarc Jacobs · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”HerBurberry · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Touch for MenBurberry · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”IdôleLancôme · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
Bal d'AfriqueByredo · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
Delina ExclusifParfums de Marly · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”ChloéChloé · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”L'InterditGivenchy · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
DelinaParfums de Marly · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”L'Eau d'Issey Pour HommeIssey Miyake · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”FahrenheitDior · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
1 Million LuckyRabanne · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”
Mojave GhostByredo · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”FlowerbombViktor&Rolf · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”DaisyMarc Jacobs · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”HerBurberry · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Touch for MenBurberry · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”IdôleLancôme · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Bal d'AfriqueByredo · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Delina ExclusifParfums de Marly · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”ChloéChloé · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”L'InterditGivenchy · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”DelinaParfums de Marly · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”L'Eau d'Issey Pour HommeIssey Miyake · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”FahrenheitDior · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”1 Million LuckyRabanne · printed “Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate”