How we scored it
Volatile oil of sweet-orange flowers: terpenes and terpenoids, all plant-derived. 1.00 x 100% = 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
Dominant route is steam distillation or solvent extraction of sweet-orange blossom, a niche fragrance oil. No commercially significant synthetic alternative exists for the oil itself.
In plain English
A fragrant oil obtained from sweet-orange blossoms. It is listed as a fragrance, astringent, skin-conditioning and tonic ingredient, and is used mainly for its scent. It is a mixture of natural aroma compounds obtained by distilling the flowers.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers of the Sweet Orange, Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis L., Rutaceae
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 DULCIS FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS FLOWER 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%20DULCIS%20FLOWER%20OIL