Cedrol has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. A characteristic cedarwood-oil constituent obtained by distillation; no significant petrochemical synthesis route is used commercially. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Is Cedrol natural? NOI 1.00 — Is That Natural?

How we scored it

Sesquiterpene alcohol isolated directly by fractional distillation of cedarwood essential oil; isolated essential-oil components are natural-origin, 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

Cedrol is isolated by fractional distillation of cedarwood essential oil. It is not commercially synthesised from petrochemical feedstocks.

In plain English

A woody-smelling ingredient used in fragrance and as a skin conditioner. It's isolated directly by distilling cedarwood essential oil.

Structure

PubChem CID 65575 ↗

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.
2Cedrol. PubChem CID 65575. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
3CEDROL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
4CEDROL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CEDROL