How we scored it
Essential-oil terpenes and sesquiterpenes (carotol, pinene, bisabolene) isolated by distillation, all natural origin (b); no synthetic fragment. 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Dominant route is steam distillation of dried carrot seeds. No commercially significant synthetic route exists for the oil as a whole.
In plain English
Carrot seed essential oil, steam-distilled from the dried fruits (seeds) of the wild carrot plant, used as a fragrance ingredient. It has a woody, earthy, slightly sweet scent from natural terpenes and sesquiterpenes such as carotol and alpha-pinene.
CosIng definition: Daucus Carota Fruit Oil is an essential oil obtained from the seeds of the Carrot, Daucus carota L., Umbelliferae
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.
- 2DAUCUS CAROTA FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DAUCUS CAROTA FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DAUCUS%20CAROTA%20FRUIT%20OIL