Body & Beauty / Compounds / Nerolidol

Nerolidol on your skin: a safety profile

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Safety profile for Nerolidol relevant to people.

What is nerolidol?

Also known as: (6E)-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-1,6,10-trien-3-ol, 3,7,11-Trimethyl-1,6,10-dodecatrien-3-ol, Stirrup, FEMA No. 2772.

CAS number
7212-44-4
Molecular formula
C15H26O
Molecular weight
222.37 g/mol
SMILES
CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C
PubChem CID
5284507

Risk for people

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Regulatory consensus

1 regulatory bodyhas classified Nerolidol.

AgencyYearClassificationNotes
Unknown——

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 nerolidol

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

Safer alternatives

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

  • 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 nerolidol?

Nerolidol 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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