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Octanal

A published expert safety assessment covers this exact ingredient.

Perfuming
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What it is and what it does

Octanal

About this ingredient: EU CosIng ingredient registry (via Open Beauty Facts taxonomy) ↗

Perfuming
A formulation role for perfume and aromatic raw materials that give a product its scent.

Function definitions: Danish Environmental Protection Agency: Cosmetic fragrance functions ↗

Registry functions describe possible formulation roles, not results for a finished product. A dictionary entry is not an approval or a safety assessment.

A closer look

What the research shows

Safety assessment

Fragrance expert panel supports use under exposure conditions in its safety assessment.

What this does not tell us

Repeated-dose, reproductive and respiratory endpoints use heptanal/hexanal read-across. Conditional fragrance safety, not benefit. Full primary indexed summary verified; direct PDF retrieval returned an error.

Sources for this summary. PubMed 39725303 ↗

Research review checked Oct 1, 2026

Bounded review of local candidates, exact-name indexed primary journal/PubMed safety and topical searches; not a systematic review.

Ingredient research is not proof that a product containing this ingredient works.

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Products containing this ingredient

All 8 products ↗

From the wider catalogue. Linked by the ingredient list, without an efficacy ranking.

Names and identifiers

Registry identity

Octanal

INCI name on ingredient lists
OCTANAL
CAS registry number
124-13-0
EC number
204-683-8

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