Ingredient · fragrance

Cinnamyl Alcohol

Cinnamyl Alcohol is a fragrance ingredient: it adds scent and does nothing for the skin itself. Fragrance component that must be declared as a potential allergen. Pori's ingredient rules flag it for caution on every skin type.

Cinnamyl Alcohol at a glance

FunctionFragrance
Comedogenic rating0/5
Irritation potentialMild
Also listed asNone
How commonOn 183 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

Is Cinnamyl Alcohol good for my skin type?

These ratings come from the same fixed rules Pori's ingredient scanner uses, applied to a typical profile for each skin type. Your own result in the app also weighs your scan results and concerns.

Skin typeRatingWhy
NormalUse with cautionFragrance component that must be declared as a potential allergen.
DryUse with cautionFragrance component that must be declared as a potential allergen.
OilyUse with cautionFragrance component that must be declared as a potential allergen.
CombinationUse with cautionFragrance component that must be declared as a potential allergen.
SensitiveUse with cautionFragrance component that must be declared as a potential allergen.

What should I watch for?

  • Declared fragrance allergen: one of the scent compounds that must be listed because they trigger allergies in some people.

Is Cinnamyl Alcohol comedogenic?

It has a comedogenic rating of 0 out of 5 in Pori's ingredient database, so it's unlikely to clog pores. Ratings like this come from older tests on single ingredients, and a finished product with it isn't necessarily pore-clogging. A 2006 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that finished products made with comedogenic ingredients were not necessarily comedogenic, so treat the number as a hint, not a verdict.

How do I check a product with Cinnamyl Alcohol?

Scan the barcode or photograph the ingredient list with Pori's ingredient scanner (a Pro feature). It rates every ingredient for your skin type, flags fragrance, pore-clogging and irritating ingredients, and gives the product an overall match score. It's a guide to ingredients, not a diagnosis, so see a dermatologist about any reaction.

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Ingredient data from Pori's ingredient database; product counts from Open Beauty Facts (ODbL). General information, not medical advice.