How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; per this site's convention all plant extracts score 1.0 even when used for fragrance.
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
Made by extracting the ripe fruit (berries) of the red juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus. No alternative synthetic route exists for this botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract of ripe red juniper berries used as a fragrance ingredient and skin tonic. It comes from the fruit of Juniperus oxycedrus, a juniper species also known as cade.
CosIng definition: Juniperus Oxycedrus Fruit Extract is an extract of the ripe fruit of the Red Juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus L., Cupressaceae
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.
- 2JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=JUNIPERUS%20OXYCEDRUS%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT