Database/Fragrance/Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil natural?

Yes. A steam-distilled essential oil is wholly plant origin; no reagent or petrochemical fragment is added.

INCI nameCedrus Atlantica Bark Oil
CAS8000-27-9
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockSteam distillation of Cedrus atlantica wood chips from…

How we scored it

Essential oil steam-distilled from Atlas cedar wood; every molecule (cedrol, atlantones, himachalenes) is plant-made → total / total = 1.00.
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 distillation of Cedrus atlantica wood chips from Morocco and Algeria.

In plain English

A woody, warm essential oil distilled from Atlas cedar wood, used for scent and in scalp and skin products. Everything in it comes from the tree.

CosIng definition: Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the bark of Cedrus atlantica. Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil is the term identified in Annex III to EC Regulation No.1223/2009 for ingredient labeling in the EU

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CEDRUS ATLANTICA BARK OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CEDRUS ATLANTICA BARK OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CEDRUS%20ATLANTICA%20BARK%20OIL