You should know
What it is
Fragrance
Form of Fragrance
Fragrances are the ingredients in your skincare that either neutralize bad scents or are used to make a product smell good. Fragrances come in 3 forms: synthetic, natural, or essential oils.
Explained
Levulinic Acid is a fragrance that comes from the degradation of cellulose. It is a saturated fatty acid.
This ingredient is often used a building block for other compounds, such as in pharmaceuticals.
According to a manufacturer, this ingredient smells like caramel.
Levulinic Acid is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.6% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
Where it's used
Levulinic Acid is most often found as ingredient number 18 within an ingredient list.
These are the categories of products that use Levulinic Acid the most:
References
Products with Levulinic Acid
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 35007
- INCI Name: LEVULINIC ACID
- EC #: 204-649-2
- All Functions: Perfuming, Skin Conditioning
