Database/Perfuming/Croton Eluteria Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Croton Eluteria Oil natural?

Yes. The terpenes and other aroma compounds are steam-distilled from Croton eluteria bark, so every fragment is plant-derived and a natural feedstock under b.

INCI nameCroton Eluteria Oil
CAS84836-99-7
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockPowdered bark of Croton eluteria, a Caribbean tree,…

How we scored it

Cascarilla bark essential oil: terpenes and other aroma compounds distilled from the bark, all natural-origin (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

Powdered bark of Croton eluteria, a Caribbean tree, is hydrodistilled to give the essential oil. No alternative route is commercially significant.

In plain English

Cascarilla oil, an essential oil steam-distilled from the powdered bark of Croton eluteria, a tree of the Caribbean. In products it is used as a fragrance with a warm, spicy scent. It is made of natural plant aroma compounds.

CosIng definition: "Cascarilla oil". Croton Eluteria Oil is an essential oil from hydrodistillation of the powdered bark of Croton eluteria syn. Clutia eluteria, Euphorbiaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CROTON ELUTERIA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CROTON ELUTERIA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CROTON%20ELUTERIA%20OIL