How we scored it
Essential oil, up to 85% pulegone (plant monoterpene ketone) plus minor ketones and acetic, formic and isoheptanoic acids as natural constituents; all plant-made, nothing added, 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 American pennyroyal herb (also called Hedeoma oil), a North American mint-family plant. No synthetic route is used for this oil.
In plain English
An essential oil from the herb called American pennyroyal, used as a fragrance ingredient with a strong minty aroma. Most of it is pulegone, a compound the plant makes itself, along with minor ketones and organic acids.
CosIng definition: "Pennyroyal Oil-American; Hedeoma Oil". Mentha Piperita American Herb Oil is the essential oil obtained from the herbs of the American Pennyroyal, Mentha piperita L., Linn. pro parte, Hudson, Labiatae. It contains pulegone (up to 85%), two ketones, acetic, formic and isoheptanoic acids
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.
- 2MENTHA PIPERITA AMERICAN HERB OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MENTHA PIPERITA AMERICAN HERB OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MENTHA%20PIPERITA%20AMERICAN%20HERB%20OIL