Database/Fragrance/Levisticum Officinale Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Levisticum Officinale Oil natural?

Yes. The oil's phthalides and terpenes all come from distilled lovage root, a natural feedstock, so no fragment is petrochemical.

INCI nameLevisticum Officinale Oil
CAS8016-31-7
FunctionFragrance · Tonic
FeedstockLovage roots are steam-distilled to give the volatile…

How we scored it

Steam-distilled plant volatiles (phthalides, terpenes), all n=1 under b. 1.00 / 1.00 = 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

Lovage roots are steam-distilled to give the volatile oil. No synthetic route replaces it commercially; the oil is plant-derived.

In plain English

Lovage root oil, an essential oil steam-distilled from the roots of lovage (Levisticum officinale), a celery-family herb. CosIng lists it as a fragrance and tonic ingredient. It has a warm, spicy, celery-like scent.

CosIng definition: Levisticum Officinale Oil is the volatile oil distilled from the roots of the Lovage, Levisticum officinale, Apiaceae

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