How we scored it
Volatile oil steam-distilled from the whole Artemisia herba-alba plant; essential oil = 1.0 by convention.
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 whole wormwood-relative plant Artemisia herba-alba. No alternative commercial route.
In plain English
An aromatic oil distilled from the desert shrub Artemisia herba-alba, used to fragrance products. It's extracted directly from the whole plant by steam distillation.
CosIng definition: Artemisia Herba-Alba Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant, Artemisia herba-alba, Compositae
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.
- 2ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARTEMISIA%20HERBA-ALBA%20OIL