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

Is Levisticum Officinale Root Oil natural?

Yes. Volatile oil distilled directly from lovage roots; no synthetic processing step, natural feedstock throughout.

INCI nameLevisticum Officinale Root Oil
CAS8016-31-7
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockSteam-distilled from the roots of Levisticum officinale (lovage).…

How we scored it

Whole essential oil obtained by steam distillation of roots; entire mass is natural plant material by this site's convention (botanical oils = 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

Steam-distilled from the roots of Levisticum officinale (lovage). No alternative synthetic route exists for this essential oil.

In plain English

An essential oil steam-distilled from the roots of the lovage plant, a relative of celery. Used as a fragrance ingredient for its warm, herbaceous scent.

CosIng definition: Levisticum Officinale Root Oil is an essential oil obtained 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 ROOT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3LEVISTICUM OFFICINALE ROOT 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%20ROOT%20OIL