Clove




AKA: Clove oil, Syzygium aromaticum, Clove bud oil
Plant-Derived Synthetic
Skin Conditioner
Not Clean
This is the extract of the product obtained by the fermentation of the roots of Brassica rapa (turnip), Curcuma zedoaria, Arctium lappa, Zingiber officinale (ginger), Solanum tuberosum (potato), Daucus carota (carrot), Pfaffia paniculata, Lepidium meyenii, Manihot esculenta, Smallanthus sonchifolius, Laminaria japonica, Curcuma longa (turmeric); the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, Malpighia glabra (acerola), Illicium verum (anise), Citrus aurantium dulcis (orange), Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin), Myrciaria
CAS #
8000-34-8
Functions
Skin Conditioning
A catch-all term for ingredients that improve how skin looks and feels — softer, smoother, more supple. The workhorse behind most moisturizers.
Locks in moisture
Traditional Use
Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, and medieval European herbalism for its antimicrobial, warming, and circulatory-stimulating properties; applied in beauty preparations for skin clarity and vitality.
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
General
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Caution
Trifolium pratense (red clover) leaf extract
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Oil
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Anti-inflammatory activity of clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) essential oil in human dermal fibroblasts.
Han X, Parker TL
Pharmaceutical biology, 2017
Clove Essential Oil (Syzygium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae): Extraction, Chemical Composition, Food Applications, and Essential Bioactivity for Human Healt
Haro-González JN, Castillo-Herrera GA, Martínez-Velázquez M, Espinosa-Andrews H
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021
Verified Jun 2026
Data: CosIng · EWG · CIR