Axe Black

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Brand

Axe

Brand owner

Unilever

EAN-13

8710447484272

Quantity

150ml

Categories

Hygiene, Deodorants, Bodyspray

Labels

Without aluminium salts, 48h

Packaging

Aluminium

Manufacturing locations

UK

Sales countries

Sweden

Record created on

6 March 2020

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Fiche 8710447484272. Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 23 October 2026.

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Packaging photo dated 6 March 2020 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

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Points to note

Findings according to the 2020 list.

No ingredient in the recorded list is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics.

2 ingredients are prohibited only in certain cases (product type, form, use): Butane, Isobutane. The rule for each one, in the table, says which.

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching Parfum“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • Worth watching Alpha-Isomethyl lononeAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 90, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching Benzyl AlcoholClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 45, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching Benzyl BenzoateAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 85, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching Benzyl SalicylateClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 75, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching CitralClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1).
  • Worth watching CitronellolAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 86, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching GeraniolClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 78, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 88, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LinaloolClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 84, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information EthylhexylglycerinClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Worth watching LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).
  • For information EthylhexylglycerinClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).
  • For information Benzyl BenzoateClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 2 (Aquatic Chronic 2).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: pregnancy and breastfeeding, babies and children, read on the label.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Recorded composition

List recorded on 6 March 2020, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BENZYL ALCOHOL (Annex III, entry 45): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; BENZYL SALICYLATE (Annex III, entry 75): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 January 2027, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 July 2028, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; CITRAL (Annex III, entry 70): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 January 2027, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 July 2028, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; CITRONELLOL (Annex III, entry 86): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; LIMONENE (Annex III, entry 88): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

15 recognised ingredients out of 15.

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.