How we scored it
Whole steam-distilled essential oil; no synthetic fragments; distilled botanical oils are 1.0 by rule.
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
Produced by steam distillation of lavender flowers, mainly from French and Bulgarian lavender fields. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
Lavender essential oil, steam-distilled from lavender flowers. Used mainly as a fragrance ingredient and toner in cosmetics and personal care products.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Angustifolia Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers of the Lavender, Lavandula 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 OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA 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%20OIL