A buying dossier on one Amazon US listing. Captured 29 October 2026 with a US delivery address, so every amount below is Amazon's own USD figure with no conversion applied. Ratings, ingredient disclosures and a decade of price behaviour are pulled apart in that order, with the price analysis deliberately last: what a powder costs matters less than what is in it and whether buyers think it works.
At a glance
| Brand | Estée Lauder |
|---|---|
| Format | Scented body powder in a 7 oz boxed format with a velvet puff |
| Price now | $38.25 · $5.46 per ounce |
| Rating | 4.7 / 5 from 2,800 ratings |
| Availability | In Stock |
| Sales rank | #17,040 in Beauty & Personal Care; #3 in Fragrance Dusting Powders |
| Ingredient transparency | Full 22-ingredient INCI published, including 15 individually named fragrance materials |
1. Product information
What this product is
Youth-Dew Dusting Powder is the body-powder member of Estée Lauder's oldest fragrance family, sold as a 7 oz boxed powder with a velvet puff. The formula is short and its priorities are clear: mica supplies body and slip, calcium silicate absorbs moisture, dimethicone smooths the afterfeel, and the Youth-Dew perfume sits at position two - ahead of every other ingredient except the mica itself. Fifteen further fragrance materials follow, then two preservatives close the list.
It is used as a scented finishing step, not as sweat control. Dust onto dry skin after bathing, work it in with the puff supplied in the box, and the rose-spice-patchouli accord carries through the day. The listing's own advice is to layer it: powder first, then Youth-Dew Eau de Parfum on the pulse points. No aluminium salt and no deodorising active is declared anywhere in the formula.
Specifications as listed
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Brand | Estée Lauder |
| Item Form | Powder |
| Item Volume | 3.96 deciliters |
| Scent | Amber, Spicy |
| Special Feature | Exotic, Opulent, Sexy |
| Item Weight | 400 g |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Unit Count | 7 Ounce |
| Product Dimensions | 5.59 x 2.76 x 5.16 inches; 14.11 ounces |
| Item model number | 9501510000 |
| Department | Women's |
| UPC | 885383816055 027131003946 885746050393 012301679489 885892091462 556780020771 885645911160 885629791795 755332438419 885196657272 885100877062 971482765971 885623794198 885634026936 730158049339 885334557280 |
| Manufacturer | Estée Lauder |
| Best Sellers Rank | #17,040 in Beauty & Personal Care; #3 in Fragrance Dusting Powders |
14 attributes are published on the listing. Anything absent from this table is absent from the listing too: it has not been filled in from another source.
What the brand promises
- LUXURIOUS BODY POWDER: Light and silky. Leaves your skin feeling soft, smooth and comfortable.
- LIGHTLY SCENTED: Youth-Dew is the captivating fragrance with notes of opulent flowers, rich spices, precious woods.
- PAMPERING PUFF: Includes a velvety powder puff for a supremely luxurious application experience.
- INSIDER TIP: To create the richest, longest-lasting experience, it's key to layer. After lifting the cover lid, please carefully cut along the inner perimeter of the square paper seal. Using the puff, apply body powder all over. Finish with Youth-Dew Eau de Parfum Spray (sold separately) on your pulse points.
- THE INSPIRATION: "Women still like to feel beautiful, pampered and loved, And that is what Youth-Dew is all about." -Estée Lauder, Founder
The brand's own description
From the manufacturer All the Ways to Wear Youth-Dew Dusting Powder Box Add to Cart Bath Oil Add to Cart Eau de Parfum Add to Cart Body Satinée Buying Options Perfumed Body Cream Add to Cart Anti-Perspirant Deodorant Add to Cart Customer Reviews 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,800 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,090 4.6 out of 5 stars 14,063 4.3 out of 5 stars 294 4.6 out of 5 stars 596 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137 Price $38.25 $ 38 . 25 $42.50 $ 42 . 50 $42.50 $ 42 .
50 — $45.00 $ 45 . 00 $21.25 $ 21 . 25 Texture Light, silky powder Decadent Spray Lightweight lotion Rich, moisturizing cream Roll-on Benefits Silky, smooth & comforting Use in the bath, or wear alone Captivating, rich, and lasting Smoothing hydration Lush, smoothing moisture Protection against wetness Fragrance Type Amber / Spicy Amber / Spicy Amber / Spicy Amber / Spicy Amber / Spicy Amber / Spicy Top Notes Rose, Jonquil, Lavender Rose, Jonquil, Lavender Rose, Jonquil, Lavender Rose, Jonquil, Lavender Rose, Jonquil, Lavender Rose, Jonquil, Lavender Middle Notes Jasmine, Muguet, Spices Jasmine, Muguet, Spices Jasmine, Muguet, Spices Jasmine, Muguet, Spices Jasmine, Muguet, Spices Jasmine, Muguet, Spices Base Notes Moss, Vetiver, Patchouli Moss, Vetiver, Patchouli Moss, Vetiver, Patchouli Moss, Vetiver, Patchouli Moss, Vetiver, Patchouli Moss, Vetiver, Patchouli
Images
 The mint-green Youth-Dew dusting powder box with the gold EL monogram, shown with a puff of loose white powder behind it. Source: Amazon |  Scent story still life: white rose petals, fresh patchouli leaves and three mounds of ground spice, captioned "Notes of Rose, Spices, Patchouli". Source: Amazon |  The wider Youth-Dew range: the powder box, a gold-capped white powder bowl, a roll-on deodorant, the bow-tied perfume flacon and two spray bottles. Source: Amazon |
The listing exposes no buyer photo tiles for this ASIN, so none can be shown. Listing imagery is never passed off as customer photography.
2. Product rating
| Star rating | 4.7 / 5 |
|---|---|
| Total ratings | 2,800 |
| Four and five star | 94% |
| One and two star | 4% |
Shares are rounded by the source and may not sum to exactly 100. With 2,800 ratings behind them, a single percentage point is roughly 28 ratings, so this distribution is stable rather than a small-sample artefact.
What buyers say, in Amazon's own summary
Customers love this dusting powder for its beautiful scent that's not overpowering, silky texture, and long-lasting fragrance that stays all day. They appreciate its non-drying properties and consider it the best whole body powder, with one customer noting it's talc-free. The adhesiveness receives mixed feedback, with several customers reporting issues with the powder puff sticking to the cardboard container. The color receives negative feedback, with multiple customers describing it as gray or dingy.
Which aspects buyers actually mention
| Aspect | Mentions | Positive | Negative | Positive share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scent | 268 | 222 | 46 | 83% |
| longevity | 55 | 48 | 7 | 87% |
| texture | 31 | 26 | 5 | 84% |
| powder quality | 28 | 26 | 2 | 93% |
| scent intensity | 23 | 20 | 3 | 87% |
| adhesiveness | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% |
| non-drying | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% |
| color | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| skin irritation | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% |
9 aspects carry enough mentions to be scored. The list is ordered by volume of mentions, not by sentiment: an aspect with few mentions can score higher and still tell you less.
Review text
Individual review bodies did not render for this ASIN on the capture date, so none are quoted and no reviewer-level theme is asserted. The two blocks above are Amazon's aggregate over the full review corpus, which is a broader base than any page-one sample would have been.
3. Product ingredients
This is the rare scented powder that tells you exactly what the scent is made of. Estée Lauder publishes a complete 22-ingredient declaration on the listing, and it is unusual in one specific way: after the Youth-Dew perfume blend at position two, fifteen individual fragrance materials are named one by one rather than hidden inside the word "Parfum". That level of disclosure is what makes a real ingredient analysis possible here, because the fragrance is the product. Two independent ingredient databases were also queried for per-ingredient acne and irritant ratings; one answered every request with a bot-verification wall and the other does not carry this product. Those rating columns are therefore empty rather than borrowed from a lookalike. The analysis below works from the declaration itself.
What the formula is actually made of, as disclosed
| Ingredient (INCI) | Functional class | What it does here | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mica | Absorbent base | The mineral body of the powder. Gives it weight, slip and the soft-focus finish a dusting powder is judged on. | Core |
| Youth-Dew Perfume (Parfum) | Fragrance blend | The signature accord, declared as a blend at position two. The individual materials that follow are its disclosed components. | Core |
| Calcium Silicate | Moisture absorbent | A porous mineral that takes up moisture, which is the only absorption mechanism the formula actually declares. | Core |
| Dimethicone | Skin-feel agent | A silicone that leaves a smooth, slightly dry afterfeel and helps the powder glide rather than sit. | Core |
| Tetrasodium EDTA | Chelating agent | Binds trace metal ions so the fragrance and the preservatives stay stable over the life of the box. | Supporting |
| Benzyl Salicylate | Fragrance material | Balsamic-floral fixative; one of the materials fragrance-allergen labelling rules single out. | Supporting |
| Linalool | Fragrance material | Light floral-woody note present in lavender and citrus; a commonly cited fragrance allergen. | Supporting |
| Geraniol | Fragrance material | Rose-like alcohol; a component of geranium and palmarosa oils and a labelled fragrance allergen. | Supporting |
| Hydroxycitronellal | Fragrance material | Soft lily-of-the-valley note; among the most frequently reported fragrance sensitisers. | Supporting |
| Limonene | Fragrance material | Citrus-peel terpene giving brightness at the top of the accord; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Supporting |
| Eugenol | Fragrance material | Clove-spice note; contributes the spice facet the listing names, and is a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Citral | Fragrance material | Lemon-aldehyde note; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Farnesol | Fragrance material | Soft green-floral material; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Coumarin | Fragrance material | Hay and almond sweetness; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Cinnamyl Alcohol | Fragrance material | Cinnamon-adjacent alcohol reinforcing the spice theme; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Hexyl Cinnamal | Fragrance material | Jasmine-like material widely used as a floral booster; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Benzyl Alcohol | Fragrance material | Aromatic alcohol that also acts as a mild preservative booster; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Evernia Furfuracea (Treemoss) Extract | Fragrance material | Lichen absolute giving the mossy, forest-floor base; a labelled fragrance allergen and the ingredient most often flagged for fragrance-sensitive skin. | Trace |
| Citronellol | Fragrance material | Rose-geranium alcohol; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Benzyl Benzoate | Fragrance material | Balsamic fixative and solvent for the fragrance concentrate; a labelled fragrance allergen. | Trace |
| Chlorphenesin | Preservative | Antimicrobial preservative protecting a powder that will be used with a puff and fingers over months. | Trace |
| Potassium Sorbate | Preservative | Second preservative, typically paired with chlorphenesin for broad coverage. | Trace |
22 ingredients are declared. Order is meaningful: a cosmetic declaration lists components by descending concentration, so position is the only quantity signal available.
Formula composition by functional class
| Functional class | Components disclosed | What the class does here |
|---|---|---|
| Declared fragrance material | 15 | Named one by one instead of hidden inside "Parfum" - unusually transparent for a mass-market scent. |
| Absorbent base | 2 | Mica for body, calcium silicate for moisture take-up. |
| Preservative | 2 | Chlorphenesin plus potassium sorbate, at the very end of the list. |
| Fragrance blend | 1 | The Youth-Dew accord itself, declared at position two. |
| Skin-feel agent | 1 | Dimethicone, for the smooth powdery finish. |
| Chelating agent | 1 | Tetrasodium EDTA, for stability rather than performance. |
Where the weight of the formula sits
Grouping the declaration by position band shows how much of the formula is doing a job versus tuning it. Three bands, three ingredients each, but the bands are not equal in concentration - position one outweighs everything below it combined.
| Band | Ingredients | What lives there |
|---|---|---|
| Core (positions 1-4) | 4 | Mica, the perfume blend, calcium silicate and dimethicone - the entire functional product. |
| Supporting (positions 5-10) | 6 | One chelator and five fragrance materials that shape the top and heart of the accord. |
| Trace (positions 11-22) | 12 | Ten more fragrance materials plus both preservatives; each present at low level. |
Free-from and positioning claims
| Claim | Stated on listing | Independently verifiable here |
|---|---|---|
| Talc-free | Not claimed by the brand anywhere on the listing | The declaration contains no talc, so the product is talc-free in fact - but it is a buyer observation, not a brand promise |
| Lightly scented, long-lasting | Yes - second bullet and description | Consistent with the declaration: a full perfume blend plus 15 named materials, with fixatives such as benzyl salicylate and benzyl benzoate |
| Includes a velvet puff | Yes - third bullet | A physical inclusion, not an ingredient claim; visible in the product imagery |
| Layer with Youth-Dew Eau de Parfum | Yes - "Insider Tip" bullet | An application recommendation, not a formula claim |
| Non-drying | Not a brand claim - it comes from customer feedback | Not testable from the declaration; the formula contains no alcohol denat. and only one silicone emollient |
| Vegan / cruelty-free | Not stated on the listing | Nothing to check against |
| Dermatologist tested / hypoallergenic | Not stated | No supporting statement, and the declaration carries 15 named fragrance allergens, so a hypoallergenic positioning would be hard to support |
How to read this ingredient section
The structure of this formula is the story. Four ingredients do the physical work, and eighteen of the twenty-two exist to create, carry or preserve a scent. If your skin tolerates fragrance, that is simply a well-made scented powder. If it does not, the fifteen named materials are the most useful thing on this page: they let you compare against your own known triggers instead of guessing at what "Parfum" contains. Treemoss extract, hydroxycitronellal, eugenol and cinnamyl alcohol are the ones most often flagged in fragrance-sensitivity literature, and all four are declared here by name. The absence of an independent acne or irritant score is a gap in this run, not a clean bill of health.
4. Product price
| Current price | $38.25 · $5.46 per ounce |
|---|---|
| Subscribe & Save | $38.25 (15% off) |
| List price | $45.00 |
| Currency | USD, native to Amazon US |
Price history, every tracked channel side by side
The bar chart compares the four figures the price tracker publishes for each channel: the all-time low, the all-time high, the last tracked price and the all-time average. Empty channels are omitted rather than plotted as zero.
| Price type | Lowest ever | Highest ever | Current | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | $30.50 (Mar 29, 2017) | $45.00 (Dec 14, 2024) | $38.25 (Oct 24, 2026) | $40.94 |
| 3rd Party New | $23.79 (Jul 06, 2018) | $64.99 (Sep 09, 2019) | $38.25 (Oct 24, 2026) | $34.47 |
| 3rd Party Used | - | - | - | not tracked |
Where today's price sits
| Benchmark | Amount | Current vs benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| List price | $45.00 | -15.0% |
| All-time average (Amazon) | $40.94 | -6.6% |
| All-time low | $30.50 (Mar 29, 2017) | +25.4% |
| All-time high | $45.00 (Dec 14, 2024) | -15.0% |
The live observation is dated Oct 24, 2026. Treat it as the last recorded price, not a quotation. Percentages are arithmetic on the transcribed figures.
Tracking on this listing began Dec 03, 2013. Extremes recorded since then mix several pricing regimes, so an early outlier can distort any spread calculated across the whole window.
5. Verdict
This is a legacy fragrance product sold as powder, and it should be judged that way. At $38.25 against a $45.00 list it sits 15% below the suggested price and 6.6% below its own all-time average of $40.94, which is a reasonable place to buy rather than a clearance event. The 4.7-star rating across 2,800 ratings with 88% five-star is strong, and the aspect data is specific about why: scent is mentioned 268 times at 83% positive, longevity 55 times at 87%, and the powder's texture and quality both score in the mid-eighties to low nineties.
The failures are equally specific and worth reading before you buy. Colour is the weakest aspect in the entire dataset - 12 mentions, only 8% positive, with buyers describing the powder as grey or dingy. Adhesiveness scores 33% across 15 mentions, driven by the puff sticking to the cardboard container. Neither is a formula problem; both are real product-experience problems that the star average alone would hide. On the ingredient side, fifteen individually declared fragrance materials is excellent transparency and simultaneously a clear warning for anyone with fragrance sensitivity - treemoss extract in particular is the material most often flagged.
Buy it if you already know and like Youth-Dew, or want a genuinely scented powder with an unusually honest ingredient list. Skip it if you need an unscented product, have reacted to fragrance before, or care about the powder looking white in the box. And if you do buy, expect to keep the puff off the cardboard.
6. How this report was built
- One listing, one capture. Every identity field, rating, histogram share and price comes from a single page read on the capture date. Rank and price move between captures.
- US context throughout. The delivery address was set to a US ZIP before any price was read, so amounts are Amazon's own USD figures. Nothing is converted.
- No invented fields. A value that could not be read is shown as absent with the reason, not estimated, ranged or borrowed from a sibling product.
- Reviewer privacy. No name, handle, profile link or reviewer identifier appears in this report. Sentiment is reported only as aggregate counts.
- Ingredient evidence is tiered. Brand-disclosed components and independently rated components are never blended into one column, because they do not carry the same weight.
- Charts are descriptive. Every series is plotted straight from the tables above; no trend line, forecast or smoothing has been applied.