BETA-DAMASCONE

📋 Quick facts

Description: BETA-DAMASCONE — FRAGRANCE.

All Functions: FRAGRANCE

Quick Facts:

• Category: fragrance
• Also Known As: DAMASCONE BETA
• Regulatory Note: Restricted in the EU

Proven Benefits At A Glance:

• Beta-damascone is a fragrance ingredient that has been evaluated for safety
• Both cis and trans forms of beta-damascone exist and have been studied separately
• Toxicologic and dermatologic safety reviews are available for this ingredient

⚗️ Chemical Overview

2-Buten-1-one, 1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-, (2Z)- has been reported in Baccharis dracunculifolia and Scutellaria baicalensis with data available. See also: beta-DAMASCONE (annotation moved to).

Source(s): PubChem, LOTUS – the natural products occurrence database, via PubChem

📊 Comedogenicity

🛡️ Safety rating

Safety tier is a starting heuristic from regulatory status and comedogenic rating, not a dermatological verdict — see our Terms for the full disclaimer. Research confidence reflects how many real cited studies back this ingredient, not the strength of their findings.

⚠️ Allergen Warning

BETA-DAMASCONE is listed as an EU-recognized allergen (fragrance) and must be disclosed on product labels above the required threshold concentration.

🌍 Regulatory Status

💧 Skin Type Compatibility

⚠️ Don’t Combine With

📚 Research & Evidence

🔬 The Science

Beta-damascone is a fragrance compound that exists in two different molecular forms: cis-beta-damascone and trans-beta-damascone. Both versions have undergone toxicologic and dermatologic review to assess their safety profile when used as fragrance ingredients (Food Chem Toxicol, 2007). The sources indicate that formal safety evaluations have been conducted for these compounds, though the abstracts provided do not detail specific findings, safety conclusions, or recommended usage levels. To understand the actual safety determinations or any identified concerns with either form, the full research articles would need to be consulted.

📄 Related Research

Matched by search — not necessarily verified support for every statement above.

• Lalko J et al. (2007). Fragrance material review on cis-beta-damascone. Food Chem Toxicol.
• Lapczynski A et al. (2007). Fragrance material review on trans-beta-damascone. Food Chem Toxicol.

🧴 Products Containing BETA-DAMASCONE