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Protect & Care — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

95

High concern

Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.

Concern score 95/100 · 19 ingredients analyzed

Driven by LinaloolEU CLP Skin Sens. 1B, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Environmental impact3 ingredients · max 6/10Allergy risk1 ingredient · max 5/10Irritation1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (7)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Linalool

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; oxidized linalool is a common patch-test positive.

A floral scent molecule found in lavender and many essential oils. It oxidizes on air exposure into strongly sensitizing compounds, which is why it must be declared on EU labels.

Cyclomethicone

emollient · solvent

Severity 6/10Editorial
Pregnancy: Use with caution
  • Environmental impact:CosIng identifies Cyclomethicone with octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), which is prohibited in EU cosmetics (Annex II) as persistent/bioaccumulative and a suspected reproductive toxicant.

A blanket INCI name for cyclic silicone blends. The EU CosIng database maps Cyclomethicone to D4, which is now prohibited in EU cosmetics; modern formulas replace it with D5/D6.

Dimethicone

emollient · occlusive

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.

The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.

Dimethiconol

emollient

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Persistent silicone, like dimethicone.

A silicone gum for silky slip; skin-inert with the family's usual environmental-persistence criticism.

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Irritation:Can irritate freshly shaved underarm skin.

The standard antiperspirant active. Large reviews and the EU's scientific committee found no supported link to breast cancer or Alzheimer's at cosmetic exposure levels.

ButaneRegulatory dataCancer concernHormone disruptionEU CLP Carc. 1AEU CLP Muta. 1BPropylene CarbonateRegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Eye Irrit. 2

No concerns found (8)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (2)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • Persea Gratissima Oil· skin conditioning
  • Pantolactone· humectant, skin conditioning

Not enough data (2)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • Isopropyl
  • Palmitate

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern deodorants

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Butane, Isobutane, Propane, Cyclomethicone, Aluminum Chlorohydrate, Isopropyl, Palmitate, Glycerin, Panthenol, Octyldodecanol, Persea Gratissima Oil, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Dimethicone, Propylene Carbonate, Dimethiconol, Aqua, Pantolactone, Citric Acid, Linalool

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