How we scored it
Volatile oil of myrtle: alpha-pinene, 1,8-cineole and linalool are plant-made terpenoids; no added fragment, so natural mass equals total mass, 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 leaves and twigs of myrtle (Myrtus communis), grown mainly around the Mediterranean and in North Africa. No synthetic route exists for the oil as defined by this INCI name.
In plain English
A fragrant essential oil steam-distilled from the leaves of the myrtle shrub, which grows around the Mediterranean. It gives products a fresh, herbal scent and is also listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient. Its aroma comes from plant terpenes such as pinene and cineole.
CosIng definition: Myrtus Communis Oil is a volatile oil obtained from Myrtus communis.
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.
- 2MYRTUS COMMUNIS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MYRTUS COMMUNIS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRTUS%20COMMUNIS%20OIL