How we scored it
Volatile (essential) oil obtained directly from whole plant by distillation; natural isolate, no synthesis step → 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
A guggul-relative oleo-gum-resin plant native to Namibia; the volatile oil is steam-distilled from the whole plant for use as a natural fragrance material. No synthetic route is used commercially.
In plain English
A natural essential oil distilled from the Commiphora wildii plant, a guggul relative, used to add scent to perfumed products. It comes directly from steam-distilling the whole plant.
CosIng definition: Commiphora Wildii Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant, Commiphora wildii, 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 WILDII OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COMMIPHORA WILDII OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COMMIPHORA%20WILDII%20OIL