How we scored it
Essential oil distilled from Citrus aurantium flowers; every component (limonene, linalool, geraniol, linalyl acetate, nerol) is plant-derived; b give 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
Dominant route: steam distillation of bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) blossoms, produced mainly around the Mediterranean and North Africa. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A fragrant essential oil steam-distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange tree, known as neroli oil. It gives products a sweet, floral-citrus scent; its main components include limonene, linalool, geraniol and linalyl acetate.
CosIng definition: "Neroli Oil"; "Oil of Orange Flowers". Citrus Aurantium Flower Oil is an essential oil obtained from the flowers of the Sour Orange, Citrus aurantium, Rutaceae. It contains limonene, L-linalool, geraniol, linalyl acetate, some methyl anthranilate, nerol and neroli camphor
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 FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM 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%20FLOWER%20OIL