How we scored it
Whole essential oil, no synthetic fragments; this site's convention = 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
Distilled from the flowers of lavandin (Lavandula hybrida), a lavender hybrid. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from lavandin flowers, used as a skin-conditioning emollient. It comes directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Hybrida Oil is the essential oil obtained from the flowers of the Lavandin, Lavandula hybrida, Labiatae
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 HYBRIDA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA HYBRIDA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAVANDULA%20HYBRIDA%20OIL