How we scored it
100% essential oil (dill seed). 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 dill seeds (Anethum graveolens), yielding an oil rich in carvone and limonene. No synthetic alternative route exists for this essential oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from dill seeds, rich in natural terpenes like carvone. Used as a natural fragrance ingredient in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: "Dill Seed Oil". Anethum Graveolens Seed Oil is an essential oil obtained from the seeds 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 SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS SEED 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%20SEED%20OIL