How we scored it
Distilled essential oil from cedarwood; entirely botanical per this site's convention for essential oils. No synthetic fragments.
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
Juniperus Virginiana Oil is the essential oil distilled from Virginia cedarwood. It is used whole as a fragrance oil with no synthetic modification.
In plain English
Cedarwood essential oil, distilled from Virginia cedar wood. It's used as a fragrance ingredient with a warm, woody scent and comes directly from the tree.
CosIng definition: Juniperus Virginiana Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant, Juniperus virginiana. Juniperus Virginiana Oil is the term identified in Annex III to EC Regulation No.1223/2009 for ingredient labeling in the EU.
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 VIRGINIANA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=JUNIPERUS%20VIRGINIANA%20OIL