Database/Fragrance/Lemongrass Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Lemongrass Oil natural?

Yes. Essential oil of lemongrass consists entirely of plant-derived volatile compounds, chiefly citral.

INCI nameLemongrass Oil
FunctionFragrance
FeedstockDominant route is steam distillation of Cymbopogon lemongrass…

How we scored it

Essential oil distilled from lemongrass (mainly citral and other terpenoids), all plant-derived: 1.00.
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 is steam distillation of Cymbopogon lemongrass leaves. There is no alternative route for the oil itself.

In plain English

A strongly lemon-scented essential oil steam-distilled from lemongrass leaves, used as a fragrance. It is a natural plant oil rich in citral.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2LEMONGRASS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3LEMONGRASS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LEMONGRASS%20OIL