Database/Fragrance/Myroxylon Pereirae Resin Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Myroxylon Pereirae Resin Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of the natural balsam resin tapped from Myroxylon pereirae trees; obtained by extraction, no synthetic fragments.

INCI nameMyroxylon Pereirae Resin Extract
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by tapping the resin (balsam) of Myroxylon…

How we scored it

Whole extract of Myroxylon pereirae resin (Balsam of Peru); this site's convention sets resin/botanical extracts to 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

Produced by tapping the resin (balsam) of Myroxylon pereirae trees and extracting it with a solvent. No synthetic alternative is used.

In plain English

A fragrance and skin-conditioning ingredient, Balsam of Peru, extracted from the resin of the Myroxylon pereirae tree. It is obtained directly by tapping and extracting the tree's natural resin.

CosIng definition: Myroxylon Pereirae Resin Extract is the extract of the resin of Myroxylon pereirae, Fabaceae.

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. 2MYROXYLON PEREIRAE RESIN EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3MYROXYLON PEREIRAE RESIN EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYROXYLON%20PEREIRAE%20RESIN%20EXTRACT