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ETUDE HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml is a watery daily toner for oily and combination skin bothered by visible pores, used straight after cleansing.
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$6.50 per 100 ml
- Korean-market formula
- Ships from California or direct from Korea
- Korean barcode and batch code intact
- Suited to
- Oily skinCombination skinNormal skin
- Helps with
- The look of visible poresA smoother feeling surfaceEveryday shine control
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How it works
This is a watery toner, closer to the consistency of water than to a lotion, so it spreads over the whole face from a few drops. It wets the surface again after cleansing, which is the point of the step: a damp surface takes the next layer evenly instead of grabbing it in patches. The visible part of a pore complaint is texture and shine, and both respond to a routine long before the pore itself does. That is the difference from an essence or an ampoule, which are thicker, slower and meant to be used sparingly on top. The result you can judge yourself is whether your surface feels smoother and looks less shiny by the afternoon.
Key benefits
- ETUDE Korean-market toner, 500 ml
- The step right after cleansing, applied to damp skin before serum or ampoule
- Ships with its Korean barcode and batch code intact, not swapped for an export label
Inside the formula
Inside the formula
What is HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml?
It is a watery daily toner from ETUDE, made for oily and combination skin bothered by the look of visible pores and a rough feeling surface. It goes first among your leave-on steps, immediately after cleansing and before any essence, serum or moisturiser. The result you can judge yourself is whether your surface feels smoother and looks less shiny by the afternoon.
Where does HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml go in my routine?
It goes first among your leave-on steps, immediately after cleansing and before any essence, serum or moisturiser. In practice: Use it morning and night straight after cleansing, patting a few drops over still damp skin before your next step. Applying it out of that order is the usual reason a step seems to do nothing.
Is HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml right for my skin type?
It is aimed at oily and combination skin bothered by the look of visible pores and a rough feeling surface. The skin types we would put first are oily skin, combination skin and normal skin. Pore size itself is largely inherited, so what a cosmetic step can change is how much a pore is holding and how rough the surface around it looks.
How long does a bottle of this last?
That depends on how much you use, and a toner is the step people over pour. A few drops pressed in with the palms covers the face and neck, so most people get months out of a large bottle. If you are going through it in three weeks, you are almost certainly using more per application than the step needs.
Is this HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml the authentic Korean-market formula?
Yes. We stock the ETUDE Korean-market formula rather than a version reformulated for US shelves. The bottle you open is the 500ml one sold on Korean shelves, with Korean-primary packaging and an intact barcode you can check yourself.
Not on the ingredient list below: fragrance or parfum, essential oils, silicones, parabens, sulfate surfactants, mineral oil or petrolatum and added color.
Full INCI (20): Water/Aqua/Eau, Alcohol Denat, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Propanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Betaine, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Extract, Alcohol, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Disodium EDTA, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract / Extrait De Canne À Sucre, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Vinegar / Acetum / Vinaigre, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Tocopherol
Ingredient list read from incidecoder.com on 10 September 2026.
17 of 20 explained
- Water/Aqua/Eau solvent
- Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
- Alcohol Denat solvent
- Alcohol Denat. is ethanol with a bitter additive that makes it undrinkable, which is a tax rule rather than a formulation choice. It behaves like alcohol: a fast-evaporating solvent that gives a weightless finish and can feel drying at higher levels.
- Butylene Glycol humectant
- Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
- Glycerin humectant
- Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
- Propanediol humectant
- Propanediol is a plant-derived glycol used in place of propylene glycol. It hydrates, carries actives into solution, and gives a lighter, less sticky slip than glycerin at the same strength.
- 1,2-Hexanediol humectant
- 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
- Betaine humectant
- Betaine is a sugar-beet-derived humectant that cells use to hold water. In a formula it hydrates and takes the edge off cleansers and acids, which is why it often appears alongside them.
- Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract plant extract
- Ginkgo leaf extract, carrying flavone glycosides and terpene lactones. It is one of the most studied plant extracts and is used as an antioxidant.
- Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster
- Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
- Mentha Arvensis Leaf Extract plant extract
- Field mint leaf extract, the plant most menthol is distilled from. The extract is far gentler than the oil and carries a light cooling character.
- Alcohol solvent
- Alcohol here means ethanol. It dissolves ingredients water cannot, evaporates fast so a formula sets quickly and does not feel heavy, and thins texture. In quantity it can leave dry or reactive skin feeling tight, which is why many Korean formulas avoid it and some deliberately use it for a fast, weightless finish.
- Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract plant extract
- Bilberry fruit extract, the European relative of the blueberry and one of the richest anthocyanin sources. It is used as a plant antioxidant.
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- Disodium EDTA chelator
- EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
- Sodium Hyaluronate humectant
- Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
- Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract plant extract
- Sweet orange fruit extract, carrying fruit acids, sugars and flavonoids. It is used as a conditioning extract.
- Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract plant extract
- Lemon fruit extract, carrying citric acid, sugars and flavonoids. It is the water-based fruit extract rather than the peel oil, so it brings the fruit acids without the aromatic terpenes.
- Tocopherol antioxidant
- Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
- Market
- Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- EAN (barcode)
- 8809667983266
- Made in
- Republic of Korea
- Volume
- 500 ml
- Category
- Toner
- Actives
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Ships from
- California or Korea
Orders ship from California or direct from Korea with tracked delivery to your door, and both routes carry the same Korean-market release. Shipping is free on orders of $100 or more. Returns are accepted for 30 days, by mail.
We split shipments free, so one out-of-stock item never holds up the rest of your order.
Where this unit came from
- 1Seoul
Bought as Korean-market stock - 2Barcode
Listed against the Korean barcode on its box - 3California or Korea
Ships to you from either, as the same Korean-market release
We stock the version of a formula that is sold in Korea, not the release a brand prepares for another market under the same name. The barcode in the specification above is the Korean-market one and it is printed on the box you receive.
Every unit keeps its original barcode and batch code intact, so the unit in your hands can be checked against the brand’s own records.
Every order ships from California or direct from Korea, and returns run for 30 days.
Every claim on this page traces to the unit in the box, the barcode, the batch code and the price you can read for yourself.
How to use
- Take a small amount straight after rinsing and press it over the face with your palms rather than wiping.
- Go over the drier areas twice if they feel tight, using a second thin layer rather than one heavy one.
- Apply the rest of your routine while the surface still feels slightly damp to the touch.
- Avoid using it as a makeup remover, since a toner is a leave-on step and not a cleansing one.
Worth knowing
- Patch test on a small area first if your skin reacts easily to new products.
- Keep it to the areas that need it rather than the whole face if your cheeks run dry.
Complete the routine
- This itemETUDE HOUSE Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml$32.50

- Seal the routine in as the last stepETUDE Soonjung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream 60ml$22.50

- Prep after cleansing, before the treatment stepETUDE Moistfull Collagen Facial Toner$17.64
Total for 3 items$72.64
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ETUDE, Korean-market original
A watery daily toner, 500ml, for oily and combination skin bothered by visible pores. Authentic ETUDE Korean-market formula.
Verify your unit when it arrives
Verify your unit when it arrives
Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.
On the unit itself
- The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
- The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.
정품Genuine article, Korean-market stock
What professionals say
What professionals say
What skin-care professionals say about skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.
Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
Melissa Piliang, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
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