How we scored it
100% volatile plant oil (Cape chamomile). 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
Steam-distilled from the whole Cape chamomile plant (Eriocephalus punctulatus), a South African shrub. No synthetic alternative route exists for this species-specific oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from the Cape chamomile plant, a South African shrub unrelated to true chamomile. Used as a natural fragrance ingredient.
CosIng definition: Eriocephalus Punctulatus Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant, Eriocephalus punctulatus, Compositae. Cape Chamomille Oil
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.
- 2ERIOCEPHALUS PUNCTULATUS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ERIOCEPHALUS PUNCTULATUS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ERIOCEPHALUS%20PUNCTULATUS%20OIL