How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from fennel fruit; natural essential oils are 1.0 regardless of terpene/phenol content.
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 dried sweet fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce) fruits. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A fragrance oil steam-distilled from sweet fennel seeds, giving an anise-like scent. It is a natural essential oil containing compounds like anethole and fenchone straight from the plant.
CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Dulce Fruit Oil is the essential oil steam-distilled from the dried fruits of the Sweet Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce, Umbelliferae. Syn Sweet fennel. It contains anethole (50-60%), fenchone (about 10%), pinene, limonene and phellandrene
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.
- 2FOENICULUM VULGARE DULCE FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FOENICULUM VULGARE DULCE FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FOENICULUM%20VULGARE%20DULCE%20FRUIT%20OIL