Skip to content
  • beauty

Hydrogenated difarnesene

CAS 120260-10-8

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

1187662-43-6 · 1187662-44-7 · 1187662-45-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydrogenated difarnesene in plain language

What it does

Used in cosmetics as an emollient and a skin-conditioning agent. Hydrogenated Difarnesene is the end-product of the controlled hydrogenation of a dimer of Farnesene.

  • Emollient
  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Hydrogenated difarnesene appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveHydrogenated Difarnesene is the end-product of the controlled hydrogenation of a dimer of Farnesene.
    • Hydrogenated Difarnesene is the end-product of the controlled hydrogenation of a dimer of Farnesene.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydrogenated difarnesene. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Hydrogenated difarnesene yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.