How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from coriander seed; whole oil is a natural extract → 1.0 by this site's convention.
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
Obtained by steam distillation of dried coriander (Coriandrum sativum) fruit/seed. This is the sole commercial route; no synthetic equivalent is sold under this INCI name.
In plain English
A fragrance oil distilled from coriander seeds, adding a spicy, herbal scent to perfumed products. It comes straight from the plant with no synthetic processing beyond distillation.
CosIng definition: Coriandrum Sativum Fruit Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the dried fruit of the Coriander, Coriandrum sativum L., Umbelliferae. It contains D-linalol (65-78%), D-pinene, terpine, geraniol, borneol and decanaldehyde
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.
- 2CORIANDRUM SATIVUM FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CORIANDRUM SATIVUM FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CORIANDRUM%20SATIVUM%20FRUIT%20OIL