How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil; whole oil is natural per this site's method's botanical-oil convention.
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-distilled from Lavandula angustifolia flowers, grown mainly in France and Bulgaria. No synthetic manufacturing route is used commercially.
In plain English
Essential oil steam-distilled from lavender flowers, prized for its scent in fragranced products. It's a natural plant oil with no synthetic processing beyond distillation.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers of Lavandula angustifolia, Lamiaceae.
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 FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER 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%20FLOWER%20OIL