How we scored it
Essential oil steam-distilled from flowering lavender herb; all constituents are plant terpenoids and esters; 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
Dominant route: steam distillation of flowering lavender herb. Synthetic lavender-type blends are separate ingredients, not this oil.
In plain English
Lavender essential oil, steam-distilled from the flowering tops of the lavender plant. It is used to give products a lavender scent. It comes entirely from the plant.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Angustifolia Angustifolia Herb Oil is an essential oil distilled from the flowering herbs of the Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia Angustifolia, Labiatae. ISO 8902:2009
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.
- 2LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA ANGUSTIFOLIA HERB OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA ANGUSTIFOLIA HERB OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAVANDULA%20ANGUSTIFOLIA%20ANGUSTIFOLIA%20HERB%20OIL