How we scored it
Volatile essential oil from rosewood; linalool and other terpenes are native oil constituents = 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 wood of Brazilian rosewood, historically sourced from the Amazon. No synthetic route is used commercially for the whole oil, though synthetic linalool is sold separately.
In plain English
An essential oil distilled from rosewood, used as a fragrance ingredient and skin conditioner, giving a soft floral-woody scent.
CosIng definition: Aniba Rosodora (Rosewood) Wood Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the wood of the tree, Aniba rosodora, Lauraceae.
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.
- 2ANIBA ROSODORA WOOD OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ANIBA ROSODORA WOOD OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANIBA%20ROSODORA%20WOOD%20OIL