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Tatcha on the ingredient apps

Two of Tatcha's best sellers, read on five public ingredient databases: every one got different verdicts from different databases.

SlipperSkin finding

Read on 21 and 23 October 2026, 2 of 2 Tatcha products got different clean-or-flagged verdicts from EWG Skin Deep, INCIdecoder, SkinSAFE and Skincarisma; their mean EWG hazard score was 6 and mean Skincarisma score 92.5.

Part of our study of how ingredient apps disagree, now 88 products from 48 brands. Every figure below links to the page it was read from.

How do the ingredient apps rate Tatcha?

They do not agree on any of them. EWG Skin Deep scores hazard from 1 to 10 (1 to 2 is its low band); INCIdecoder names the ingredients it rates "icky"; SkinSAFE rates freedom from common allergens (100 is its top); Skincarisma scores from EWG's ingredient ratings out of 100. 0 of 2 get SkinSAFE's top rating.

Tatcha: the verdict grid2 products, four databases, read 21 and 23 October 2026

Values in the cells are each database's own figure. Blush is flagged, glass is clean, dashed is not listed.

What does each database say, product by product?

Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream

Split verdict: 3 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 0 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	6 of 10Fair data, updated September 2025	source
INCIdecoder	rates Parfum/Fragrance, Alcohol, Citral, Limonene, Linalool "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Mar 10, 2019	source
Skincarisma	93 of 100, "Excellent"	source
SkinSort	does not tag it fragrance-free	source

Tatcha The Water Cream

Split verdict: 3 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 0 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	6 of 10Fair data, updated August 2024	source
INCIdecoder	rates Parfum/Fragrance, Alcohol "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Dec 07, 2017	source
Skincarisma	92 of 100, "Excellent"	source
SkinSort	does not tag it fragrance-free	source

Where to buy

Find the Tatcha products we checked on Amazon

Tatcha The Dewy Skin CreamOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.3 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon → Tatcha The Water CreamOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.3 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon →

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Where the law stands: FDA says cosmetic ingredients, other than colour additives, need no approval before sale (FDA's ingredient page); California bans a named list of intentionally added chemicals (Health and Safety Code section 108980); and the EU keeps its own prohibited and restricted annexes (Regulation 1223/2009 on EUR-Lex). Check any ingredient in our ingredient files.

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