How we scored it
Whole essential oil obtained by steam distillation of rhizomes; entire mass is natural plant material by this site's convention (botanical oils = 1.0).
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Steam-distilled from the rhizomes of Acorus calamus (sweet flag). No alternative synthetic route exists for this essential oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from the rhizomes of the calamus (sweet flag) plant. Used as a fragrance ingredient for its warm, spicy scent.
CosIng definition: Calamus Oil; "Sweet Flag Oil". Acorus Calamus Root Oil is an essential oil obtained from the rhizomes of the calamus, Acorus calamus L., Araceae. It contains beta-asarone (up to 76%), calamene (about 4%), calamol (about 3%) alpha-asarone (about 1%), camphene (about 1%) and some beta-pinene and asaronaldehyde
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2ACORUS CALAMUS ROOT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ACORUS CALAMUS ROOT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACORUS%20CALAMUS%20ROOT%20OIL