Ingredients · Not for the smell

Octisalate

Say itok-tih-SAL-ayt

Nearly odorless; faint salicylate sweetness.

What it is

There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.

What perfumers do with it

UVB absorber, usually paired with avobenzone to shield the juice

Known in

Invictus (Paco Rabanne, 2013); Twilly d'Hermès (Hermès, 2017)

Rules

Limited. EU UV-filter cap 5%

Also called

ethylhexyl salicylate

On the label of 237 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

AngelMugler · printed “Ethylhexyl salicylate”LibreYSL · printed “Ethylhexyl salicylate”Terre d'HermèsHermès · printed “Ethylhexyl salicylate”Reflection ManAmouage · printed “Ethylhexyl salicylate”Lift Me UpInitio · printed “Ethylhexyl salicylate”Narcotic DelightInitio · printed “Ethylhexyl salicylate”

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