How we scored it
Whole essential oil, no synthetic fragments; this site's convention = 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
Distilled from the leaves of the lemon myrtle tree (Backhousia citriodora), grown mainly in Australia. No alternative synthetic route is commercially used.
In plain English
A citrus-scented essential oil steam-distilled from lemon myrtle leaves, used to fragrance cosmetics. It comes straight from the plant with no synthetic processing beyond distillation.
CosIng definition: Backhousia Citriodora Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the leaves of Backhousia citriodora, Myrtaceae
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.
- 2BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BACKHOUSIA CITRIODORA LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BACKHOUSIA%20CITRIODORA%20LEAF%20OIL