Body & Beauty / Compounds / Celestolide

Celestolide on your skin: a safety profile

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Safety profile for Celestolide relevant to people.

What is celestolide?

Also known as: Musk tibetene, Musk tibetine, Tibetene musk, 1-tert-Butyl-3,4,5-trimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzene.

CAS number
13171-00-1
Molecular formula
C13H18N2O4
Molecular weight
266.29 g/mol
SMILES
CC1=C(C(=C(C(=C1C)[N+](=O)[O-])C(C)(C)C)[N+](=O)[O-])C
PubChem CID
67350

Risk for people

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Regulatory consensus

1 regulatory bodyhas classified Celestolide.

AgencyYearClassificationNotes
EDC Assessment—Suspected endocrine disruptor

Regulators apply different standards of evidence — animal-data weighting, exposure-pattern assumptions, epidemiological power thresholds — which is why two scientific bodies can review the same data and reach different conclusions. The disagreement is the data.

Where you encounter celestolide

  • Personal Care — perfume, soap, cosmetics
  • Consumer Products — cleaning products, candles

Safer alternatives

Lower-risk approaches that achieve a similar outcome to Celestolide:

  • Lower-sensitization structural analog; Unscented formulation
    Trade-offs: Eliminates allergen risk entirely; consumer acceptance varies (some associate scent with cleanliness/efficacy); growing market segment; regulatory advantage in EU (no IFRA compliance needed).
    Relative cost: 1.2-2×

Frequently asked questions

What products contain celestolide?

Celestolide appears in: perfume (Personal care); soap (Personal care); cleaning products (Consumer products); candles (Consumer products).

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Sources (1)
  1. PubChem (2026) — database

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