How we scored it
Whole essential oil distilled from natural tree resin; botanical volatile oil, no fragment split needed.
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
Steam-distilled from the oleoresin (balsam) tapped from Copaifera officinalis trees. No petrochemical alternative exists.
In plain English
A fragrance and skin-conditioning oil distilled from the resin of the copaiba tree, native to South America.
CosIng definition: Copaifera Officinalis (Balsam Copaiba) Resin Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the resin of Copaifera officinalis, Fabaceae.
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.
- 2COPAIFERA OFFICINALIS RESIN OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COPAIFERA OFFICINALIS RESIN OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COPAIFERA%20OFFICINALIS%20RESIN%20OIL