Louis Vuitton Imagination Eau de Parfum
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Summary
Louis Vuitton Imagination Eau de Parfum scores 12/100. The flagship men's citrus-tea EDP carries TEN declared EU allergens — the most in the Louis Vuitton line — including cinnamal and isoeugenol, two of the most potent contact sensitizers IFRA regulates (isoeugenol is capped at 0.02% in leave-ons). Add the undisclosed 'Parfum' trade-secret core with no musk or phthalate exclusion pledges, avobenzone (photoallergenic UV filter protecting the pale-blue juice), and three synthetic dyes (Blue 1, Yellow 10, Ext. Violet 2) for a bottle-aesthetic tint that touches skin with every spray. The lone bright spot: Tinogard TT instead of BHT as the antioxidant — the same cleaner choice Dior makes in Sauvage. At $370 per 100ml, the formula grade matches a $70 designer bottle.
Key ingredients 18
Parfum (Fragrance)Very Bad
Trade-secret blanket term that legally conceals dozens to hundreds of individual aromachemicals. For a high-projection LVMH designer scent the blend almost certainly contains synthetic polycyclic musks (Galaxolide, Tonalide) — endocrine disruptors that bioaccumulate in human fat tissue and breast milk — and LVMH discloses no phthalate-replacement policy for its solvent system.
See more about Parfum (Fragrance) →CinnamalVery Bad
Cinnamon aldehyde — one of the most potent EU-declared contact allergens, with among the highest positive rates in fragrance patch-test series.
See more about Cinnamal →IsoeugenolVery Bad
One of the strongest regulated fragrance sensitizers — IFRA caps it at 0.02% in leave-on products because of its contact-allergy record.
See more about Isoeugenol →LimoneneBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product. Oxidizes on skin and in the bottle into stronger sensitizers.
See more about Limonene →LinaloolBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product. Air-oxidized linalool hydroperoxides are confirmed contact sensitizers.
See more about Linalool →CitronellolBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product.
See more about Citronellol →Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (Avobenzone)Bad
Chemical UV filter (avobenzone) added to keep the tinted juice from discoloring in the clear bottle. Documented photoallergen with mild estrogenic activity in cell and animal studies — concerning in a leave-on product applied to the neck and wrists daily.
See more about Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (Avobenzone) →CoumarinBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product. Category 2 skin sensitizer; the EU SCCS has flagged cumulative exposure risk across multiple fragranced products.
See more about Coumarin →CitralBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product. IFRA restricts maximum use levels in leave-on products because of its high contact-allergy rate.
See more about Citral →GeraniolBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product.
See more about Geraniol →FarnesolBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product.
See more about Farnesol →EugenolBad
IFRA / EU-declared fragrance allergen; required on the label because it exceeds 0.001% in this leave-on product. Clove-derived sensitizer with a high patch-test positivity rate.
See more about Eugenol →CI 42090 (FD&C Blue 1)Bad
Coal-tar synthetic dye added purely for the pale-blue bottle aesthetic; a documented sensitizer class in topical products.
See more about CI 42090 (FD&C Blue 1) →CI 47005 (Yellow 10)Bad
Quinoline-class synthetic dye added for bottle aesthetics; restricted in some jurisdictions for topical use.
See more about CI 47005 (Yellow 10) →CI 60730 (Ext. Violet 2)Bad
Coal-tar synthetic dye added purely for bottle aesthetics; a documented skin sensitizer class in topical products.
See more about CI 60730 (Ext. Violet 2) →AlcoholNeutral
Ethanol solvent carrier (majority of formula). Drying to skin but otherwise inert.
See more about Alcohol →Aqua (Water)Neutral
Solvent; safe.
See more about Aqua (Water) →Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate (Tinogard TT)Good
Cleaner antioxidant alternative to BHT — the only meaningfully positive ingredient in the formula.
See more about Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate (Tinogard TT) →Get the full breakdown in the Scout appTake Scout shopping
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