How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from fennel fruit/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 fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) fruit. This distillation is the standard and only significant commercial route.
In plain English
A liquorice-scented fragrance oil steam-distilled from fennel seeds. It is used to perfume cosmetic products and comes directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit Oil is the essential oil steam-distilled from the dried fruits of the Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Miller spp. Capillaceum (Gillib) Holmboe var. vulgare Miller, Umbelliferae. Syn. Bitter 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 FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FOENICULUM VULGARE 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%20FRUIT%20OIL