How we scored it
Whole essential oil, no synthetic fragments; this site's convention = 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
Distilled from the resinous leaves and twigs of rockrose/labdanum (Cistus ladaniferus). No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A resinous essential oil from the rockrose (labdanum) plant, used as a fragrance ingredient. It comes directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Cistus Ladaniferus Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant, Cistus ladaniferus. The accepted scientific name for Cistus ladaniferus is Cistus creticus.
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.
- 2CISTUS LADANIFERUS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CISTUS LADANIFERUS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CISTUS%20LADANIFERUS%20OIL