How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from frankincense resin; entirely botanical per this site's convention for essential oils. No synthetic fragments.
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
Boswellia Carterii Oil is the essential oil obtained from the resin of the frankincense tree, Boswellia carterii. It is used whole as a fragrance oil with no synthetic modification.
In plain English
Frankincense essential oil, distilled from the resin of the Boswellia carterii tree. It's used as a fragrance ingredient and comes directly from the tree's aromatic resin.
CosIng definition: Boswellia Carterii Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the 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 OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BOSWELLIA CARTERII 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%20OIL