How we scored it
Essential oil from olive leaves: volatile terpenoids and other plant constituents, all n=1. 100% / 100% = 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
Dominant route is isolation of the volatile oil from dried olive leaves. No commercially significant synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A scented essential oil obtained from dried olive tree leaves, used in small amounts to add fragrance to a product. It is a plant-derived oil from the leaves, not the oil pressed from the olive fruit.
CosIng definition: Essential oil obtained from the dried leaves of the Olive, Olea europaea L., Oleaceae
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.
- 2OLEA EUROPAEA LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OLEA EUROPAEA LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OLEA%20EUROPAEA%20LEAF%20OIL