Clove
AKA “Clove oil, Syzygium aromaticum, clove bud oil”
Essential Oil
Ingredient Facts
Clove
AKA: Clove oil, Syzygium aromaticum, Clove bud oil
Essential Oil · Antioxidant · EWG: 4
Plant-Derived Synthetic
Antioxidant
Fragrance
Astringent
Skin Conditioner
Essential Oil
Clean
Clove buds from Sri Lanka help condition and soothe skin, leaving it feeling soft and comfortable.
CAS #
8000-34-8
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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.
Fragrance
Added for scent. Can be natural or synthetic. Common irritant and allergen — one of the top reasons people react to products.
Antioxidant
Fights free radicals — the unstable molecules from UV, pollution, and stress that break down collagen and cause premature aging.
Astringent
Tightens and contracts skin tissue, temporarily shrinking pores and reducing oiliness. That "clean, tight" feeling after toner.
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
Melanin-Rich Skin
Suitable
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 Feb 2026
Data: CosIng · EWG · CIR