How we scored it
Davana essential oil steam-distilled from Artemisia pallens flowers: plant terpenoids and related volatiles only. 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Flowering tops of the davana herb (Artemisia pallens), cultivated mainly in southern India, are steam-distilled to give davana oil. No commercially significant alternative route.
In plain English
Davana oil, an essential oil steam-distilled from the flowers of Artemisia pallens, a herb cultivated mainly in southern India. It is used in products for fragrance.
CosIng definition: Artemisia Pallens Flower Oil is an essential oil obtained from the flowers of the plant, Artemisia pallens, Compositae. Davana Oils (8016-03-3)
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 PALLENS FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARTEMISIA PALLENS FLOWER OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARTEMISIA%20PALLENS%20FLOWER%20OIL