Database/Skin Conditioning/Artemisia Vulgaris Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Artemisia Vulgaris Oil natural?

Yes. Terpenoid constituents are biosynthesised by mugwort and recovered by steam distillation of the herb, so every fragment is natural origin.

INCI nameArtemisia Vulgaris Oil
CAS84775-45-1
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Perfuming
FeedstockWhole Artemisia vulgaris herb is steam-distilled to give…

How we scored it

Essential oil of plant-biosynthesised monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenes, all n=1, so 1.0 (b).
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

Whole Artemisia vulgaris herb is steam-distilled to give the volatile oil. No synthetic route exists for the distilled oil.

In plain English

Mugwort essential oil, steam-distilled from the whole mugwort herb and used as a skin-conditioning and perfuming ingredient. Its aroma compounds, such as cineole and camphor, are terpenoids made by the plant.

CosIng definition: Artemisia Vulgaris Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole herb, Common Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris L., Compositae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ARTEMISIA VULGARIS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ARTEMISIA VULGARIS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARTEMISIA%20VULGARIS%20OIL