How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from cardamom seed; whole natural extract → 1.0.
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 Elettaria cardamomum seeds. This distillation is the only significant commercial route.
In plain English
A spicy-scented fragrance oil steam-distilled from cardamom seeds. Used to perfume cosmetic products, it comes directly from the plant with no synthetic ingredients.
CosIng definition: "Cardamom Oil". Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the dried ripe seeds of Elettaria cardamomum, Zingiberaceae. It contains Eucalyptol, sabinene, D-alpha-terpineol and its acetate, borneol, limonene, terpinene, L-4-terpinenol and its acetate and formate
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.
- 2ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ELETTARIA%20CARDAMOMUM%20SEED%20OIL