How we scored it
Frankincense essential oil: plant terpenes, all natural. 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
Dried olibanum gum resin is ground and steam distilled to give the oil. No alternative route is in commercial use.
In plain English
A fresh, resinous essential oil steam-distilled from the gum resin of frankincense (olibanum). It is used for fragrance.
CosIng definition: Boswellia Carterii Gum Oil is an essential oil obtained from the dried, ground gum of the olibanum, Boswellia carterii, Burseraceae
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.
- 2BOSWELLIA CARTERII GUM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BOSWELLIA CARTERII GUM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BOSWELLIA%20CARTERII%20GUM%20OIL