How we scored it
Copaiba balsam essential oil: mainly beta-caryophyllene and other sesquiterpenes steam-distilled from tree oleoresin, all natural-origin terpenes (n=1, b). 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
Copaiba oleoresin (balsam) is tapped from the trunks of Copaifera trees in the Amazon basin and steam-distilled to give the essential oil. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from the resin (balsam) tapped from copaiba trees of South America. It is used as a fragrance. Its main aroma compound is caryophyllene, a natural sesquiterpene also found in black pepper and clove.
CosIng definition: "Copaiba Oil". Copaifera Reticulata Balsam Oil is an essential oil of the balsam obtained from the copaiba, Copaifera reticulata (syn: C. officinalis), Leguminosae. Its chief constituent is caryophyllene
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 RETICULATA BALSAM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COPAIFERA RETICULATA BALSAM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COPAIFERA%20RETICULATA%20BALSAM%20OIL