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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 8021

DAMASCENONE

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
3

Resolved substance identity

CAS:23696-85-723726-93-4
EC:245-844-2
Ingredient index records:
DAMASCENONE
Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE; PERFUMING

Damascenone is the organic compound that conforms to the formula below. (Rose Ketones is the term identified in Annex III to EC Regulation No.1223/2009 for labeling this ingredient in the EU)

1 matched or reported name
DAMASCENONE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name DAMASCENONE.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 23696-85-7
CAS 23696-85-7CAS 23726-93-4PubChem CID 5366074

beta-Damascenone

1-[2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl]-2-buten-1-one is a metabolite found in or produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. — Yeast Metabolome Database (YMDB)

IUPAC name
(E)-1-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-dien-1-yl)but-2-en-1-one
Molecular formula
C13H18O
Molecular weight
190.28 g/mol
Exact mass
190.135765193 Da
XLogP3
3.2
Topological polar surface area
17.1 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
1
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

trans-beta-Damascenonetrans-damascenone(E)-beta-damascenoneFEMA No. 3420(E)-1-(2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-2-buten-1-oneU66V25TBO04-(2,6,6-Trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-dienyl)but-2-en-4-oneCHEBI:67251
16 more reported names
1-[2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl]-2E-buten-1-one1-(2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-2E-buten-1-oneRefChem:567817245-833-2245-844-2.beta.-Damascenone2-BUTEN-1-ONE, 1-(2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-1,3-CYCLOHEXADIEN-1-YL)-1-(2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one1-(2,6,6-Trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-dien-1-yl)but-2-en-1-onebeta-(E)-damascenone(E)-.beta.-Damascenone(2E)-1-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-dien-1-yl)but-2-en-1-one(2E)-1-(2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one2-Buten-1-one, 1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-, (E)-2-Buten-1-one, 1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-, (2E)-2-Buten-1-one,1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-, (2E)-
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-09-02 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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