How we scored it
Whole essential oil from Virginian cedarwood; cedrene and cedrol are native oil constituents = 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- or hydro-distilled from the wood and twigs of Juniperus virginiana (Eastern red cedar), mainly from US sawmill by-product. No synthetic route is used.
In plain English
A woody essential oil distilled from Virginian red cedar wood, used mainly as a fragrance ingredient.
CosIng definition: "Cedar Wood Oil Virginian". Juniperus Virginiana Wood Oil is an essential oil obtained from the wood and twigs of the Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana L., Cupressaceae. It contains chiefly cedrene and cedral (cedar camphor)
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 WOOD OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA WOOD 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%20WOOD%20OIL