How we scored it
Essential oil: carvone (about 50%), D-limonene, phellandrene and other terpenes are all natural constituents isolated from the plant, none synthesised: 1.00.
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
Dill (Anethum graveolens) herb and dried ripe fruits are distilled to give the essential oil. No alternative route applies to the oil itself.
In plain English
Dill weed essential oil, distilled from the herb and dried ripe fruits of dill (Anethum graveolens). About half of it is carvone, a scent compound, along with limonene, phellandrene and other terpenes. It is used to give fragrance.
CosIng definition: "Dill Weed Oil". Anethum Graveolens Herb Oil is an essential oil obtained from the herbs and dried ripe fruits of the dill, Anethum graveolens L., Apiaceae, It contains carvone (50%), D-limonene, phellandrene and other terpenes
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.
- 2ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS HERB OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS HERB OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANETHUM%20GRAVEOLENS%20HERB%20OIL