P-METHYLHYDROCINNAMIC ALDEHYDE (3-(p-methylphenyl)propanal)
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 21369
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
P-METHYLHYDROCINNAMIC ALDEHYDE (3-(p-methylphenyl)propanal): Allowed with restrictions, maximum 0.2% in the ready-for-use preparation (Annex III, entry 179), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. Annexes of the Regulation consulted on 21 October 2026.
Who it concerns
What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
No official classification covers reproduction, the unborn child's development or breastfeeding for this substance.
Babies and children
The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.
Skin, eyes and allergies
No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.
Environment
No official classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment and no assessment as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Perfuming.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
- Maximum concentration
- 0.2%
- Entry
- Annex III, No 179
- Substance
- p-methylhydrocinnamic aldehyde; Cresylpropionaldehyde; p-Methyldihydrocinnamaldehyde
- Glossary names
- P-METHYLHYDROCINNAMIC ALDEHYDE
- CAS
- 5406-12-2
- EC
- 226-460-4
Dates in the act (3)
- Entry into force on 15 May 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 40697
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 5406-12-2
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 226-460-4
- Declared functions
- Perfuming
- Wikidata
- Q27252798
- PubChem
- 64812
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.024.055
- InChIKey
- ABGZWIFTZXUDGF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions, with no effect on sale in France. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Restricted: p-메칠하이드로신나믹알데하이드
별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 27, page 31. Limit: 0.2%.
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.