How we scored it
Essential oil steam-distilled from myrrh gum-resin; plant material only, so 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 is steam distillation of myrrh gum-resin harvested in northeast Africa and Arabia. No alternative route applies.
In plain English
A warm, balsamic essential oil steam-distilled from myrrh resin, used for fragrance. It comes directly from the myrrh tree.
CosIng definition: "Myrrh Oil; Heerabol". Commiphora Myrrha Gum Oil is an essential oil obtained from the gum-resin of the Myrrh, Commiphora myrrha, Burseraceae
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.
- 2COMMIPHORA MYRRHA GUM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COMMIPHORA MYRRHA GUM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COMMIPHORA%20MYRRHA%20GUM%20OIL