How we scored it
Fixed vegetable oil; fully natural-origin by this site's convention.
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
Obtained by pressing or solvent-extracting caraway (Carum carvi) seeds to yield the fixed oil. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
An oil pressed from caraway seeds, used for fragrance. It comes directly from the plant's seeds with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Carum Carvi Seed Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the seeds of Caraway, Carum carvi L., Apiaceae
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.
- 2CARUM CARVI SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CARUM CARVI SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CARUM%20CARVI%20SEED%20OIL