How we scored it
Whole essential oil obtained by steam distillation of flowers; 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 flowers of the champaca tree, native to South and Southeast Asia. No alternative synthetic route exists for this essential oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from the flowers of the champaca tree, native to South and Southeast Asia. Valued in perfumery for its rich floral scent and used as a fragrance ingredient.
CosIng definition: Michelia Champaca Flower Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers of the Champac, Michelia Champaca L., Magnoliaceae
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.
- 2MICHELIA CHAMPACA FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MICHELIA CHAMPACA FLOWER OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MICHELIA%20CHAMPACA%20FLOWER%20OIL