How we scored it
Volatile oil from Hinoki cypress wood; essential oil = 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 essential oil from the wood of the Hinoki cypress tree. No synthetic alternative is sold under this name.
In plain English
An essential oil distilled from Hinoki cypress wood. Used as a fragrance ingredient. Comes directly from the tree.
CosIng definition: Chamaecyparis Obtusa Wood Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the wood of Chamaecyparis obtusa, Cupressaceae
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.
- 2CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA WOOD OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA WOOD OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHAMAECYPARIS%20OBTUSA%20WOOD%20OIL