PHYSIOGEL
PHYSIOGEL DMT For Men Essential Toner 200ml
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-21
What is this product?
A fragrance-free men's toner built on water-binding humectants like glycerin, sodium hyaluronate and sodium PCA, with skin-softening squalane in a mid-list position. It suits hydration-focused routines, though it contains alcohol denat. which may matter for very sensitive skin.
What makes it different?
The formula pairs three humectants placed in the later half (sodium hyaluronate at 17, sodium PCA at 18, hydroxyethyl urea at 19) with squalane at 9, giving it a light moisturizing character beyond a plain water toner. It contains no fragrance, no essential oils and no listed functional cosmetic designation. Alcohol denat. at position 7 is the main consideration for reactive skin.
What is in it?
The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.
This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- Water
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Glycerin
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate
- 헥실데실에틸헥사노에이트
- Alcohol Denat.
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Squalane
- Arginine
- Phytosterols
- Serine
- Betaine
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
- Dimethicone
- Cyclopentasiloxane
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Sodium PCA
- Hydroxyethyl Urea
- Tromethamine
- Trisodium EDTA
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
We could not place these in the list above: 사이클로펜타실록세인
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked the one line this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up. There is nothing behind them.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
says nothing1
- Direct link to the official Physiogel store, the No.1 moisturizing cream brand in German dermatology for over 175 years
Korean original
175년 이상의 독일 피부과학 No.1 보습 크림 브랜드 피지오겔 공식몰 바로가기
Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.