How we scored it
Immortelle essential oil: neryl acetate, alpha-pinene, italicene and other terpenoids are plant-made; nothing added, so natural mass equals total mass, 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 flowers, leaves and stems of Helichrysum italicum, a Mediterranean shrub grown in Corsica, the Balkans and elsewhere. No synthetic route exists for the oil itself.
In plain English
A volatile oil steam-distilled from the flowers, leaves and stems of Helichrysum italicum, a Mediterranean shrub often called immortelle. It adds a warm, honey-like herbal scent and is listed as a fragrance, flavouring and skin-conditioning ingredient. Its aroma comes from esters and terpenes the plant makes itself.
CosIng definition: Helichrysum Italicum Flower/Leaf/Stem Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers, leaves and stems of Helichrysum italicum, Asteraceae.
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.
- 2HELICHRYSUM ITALICUM FLOWER/LEAF/STEM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HELICHRYSUM ITALICUM FLOWER/LEAF/STEM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HELICHRYSUM%20ITALICUM%20FLOWER/LEAF/STEM%20OIL