How we scored it
Essential oil from cajuput leaves (50-60% eucalyptol plus pinene, terpineol and aldehydes); all constituents plant-derived: 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 distillation of cajuput leaves, mainly in Indonesia. No synthetic route supplies the INCI-defined oil.
In plain English
Cajuput essential oil, steam-distilled from the leaves of the cajuput tree. It is rich in eucalyptol and gives a fresh, camphor-like, medicinal scent to products.
CosIng definition: "Cajeput Oil". Essential oil distilled from the leaves of the cajeput, Melaleuca leucadendron L. var cajuputi, Myrtaceae. It contains 50-60% eucalyptol (cineol), L-pinene, terpineol, valeric, butyric benzoic and other aldehydes
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.
- 2MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON CAJUPUTI LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON CAJUPUTI LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MELALEUCA%20LEUCADENDRON%20CAJUPUTI%20LEAF%20OIL