How we scored it
Whole essential oil distilled from tree bark; botanical volatile oil, no fragment split needed.
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 bark/wood of the Amyris balsamifera tree. No petrochemical alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A fragrance oil distilled from the bark of the amyris tree, sometimes called West Indian sandalwood, used to scent cosmetic products.
CosIng definition: Amyris Balsamifera Bark Oil is the volatile oil distilled from the bark of the tree, Amyris balsamifera, Rutaceae
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.
- 2AMYRIS BALSAMIFERA BARK OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AMYRIS BALSAMIFERA BARK OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AMYRIS%20BALSAMIFERA%20BARK%20OIL