How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil, all terpenes plant-derived → 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 fresh leaves of Eucalyptus smithii. No synthetic route is used commercially for this essential oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from eucalyptus leaves, used to give products a fresh, herbal scent.
CosIng definition: Eucalyptus Smithii Leaf Oil is an essential oil obtained from the fresh leaves of the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus smithii, Myrtaceae. Its chief constituent is eucalyptol (70-80%) accompanied by alpha-pinene, phellandrene, terpineol, citronellal, geranyl acetate, eudesmol, eudesmyl acetate, piperitone, isovaleral and other volatile aldehydes
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.
- 2EUCALYPTUS SMITHII LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3EUCALYPTUS SMITHII LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=EUCALYPTUS%20SMITHII%20LEAF%20OIL