How we scored it
Styrax essential oil from trunk exudate; wholly plant-derived.
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 balsamic exudate of the Liquidambar orientalis (oriental sweetgum) trunk. No synthetic alternative used commercially.
In plain English
Styrax oil, a fragrance ingredient distilled from the sticky resin that oozes from oriental sweetgum tree trunks. Prized in perfumery for its warm, balsamic scent.
CosIng definition: "Styrax Oil". Liquidambar Orientalis Balsam Oil is an essential oil of the exudate obtained from the trunk of the Styrax, Liquidambar orientalis, Hamamelidaceae
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.
- 2LIQUIDAMBAR ORIENTALIS BALSAM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LIQUIDAMBAR ORIENTALIS BALSAM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LIQUIDAMBAR%20ORIENTALIS%20BALSAM%20OIL