How we scored it
Volatile oil steam-distilled from natural frankincense resin; single natural fragment → 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
Steam-distilled from frankincense resin tapped from Boswellia papyrifera trees in Ethiopia/Eritrea. No synthetic route exists for this essential oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from frankincense tree resin. Used as a fragrance and skin conditioner in cosmetics. Comes directly from natural tree resin.
CosIng definition: Boswellia Papyrifera Resin Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the resin of Boswellia papyrifera, 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 PAPYRIFERA RESIN OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA RESIN OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BOSWELLIA%20PAPYRIFERA%20RESIN%20OIL