Database/Perfuming/Myrtenol
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Myrtenol natural?

Yes. The strained bicyclic pinane skeleton is only commercially accessible from natural pine turpentine (alpha-pinene); the oxidation step is a reagent-driven transformation, not a petrochemical feedstock swap.

INCI nameMyrtenol
CAS515-00-4
FormulaC10H16O · 152.23 Da
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockMade by chemically oxidising alpha-pinene isolated from pine…

How we scored it

C10H16O, pinane-skeleton terpene alcohol; made by oxidising alpha-pinene (C10H16) from pine turpentine, adding one O. Turpentine feedstock is natural, not petrochemical.
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

Made by chemically oxidising alpha-pinene isolated from pine or conifer turpentine (a renewable forestry/pulping by-product). No practical petrochemical route exists for this bicyclic skeleton.

In plain English

A pine-scented fragrance alcohol, usually made by chemically modifying pinene from pine tree turpentine. Also occurs naturally in trace amounts in some conifer and herb oils.

Structure

2D structure of Myrtenol

(6,6-dimethyl-2-bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-enyl)methanol

PubChem CID 10582 ↗

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. 2Myrtenol. PubChem CID 10582. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MYRTENOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MYRTENOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRTENOL