How we scored it
Fixed botanical oil from St John's Wort flowers; oils are natural by this site's method, so 1.00.
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 expressing or macerating St John's Wort flowers to yield the fixed oil. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A plant oil obtained from St John's Wort flowers, used to soften and condition skin.
CosIng definition: Hypericum Perforatum Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the flowers of St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum L., Hypericaceae
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.
- 2HYPERICUM PERFORATUM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYPERICUM PERFORATUM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYPERICUM%20PERFORATUM%20OIL