How we scored it
Cold-expressed volatile oil from bergamot peel; whole essential-oil complex, no isolated synthetic terpenes; botanical 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
Obtained by cold expression of the peel of bergamot oranges, then processed to remove furocoumarins (bergaptene-free grade). This is a whole natural essential oil rather than an isolated synthetic aroma chemical.
In plain English
A citrus essential oil pressed from bergamot orange peel, used for fragrance. This bergaptene-free version has the sun-sensitising compound removed but is still the whole natural oil.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil is the psoralen-free volatile oil obtained from the fruit of Citrus aurantium L. var. bergamia, Rutaceae; Oils, bergamot; bergamot oil bergaptene free
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.
- 2CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20AURANTIUM%20BERGAMIA%20FRUIT%20OIL