How we scored it
Botanical essential oil, whole plant material → 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
Extracted from the flowers of Osmanthus fragrans by solvent extraction or steam distillation. No synthetic equivalent counts as the same ingredient.
In plain English
Osmanthus flower oil, extracted from fragrant osmanthus blossoms. Used to perfume cosmetic products with a fruity, apricot-like floral scent.
CosIng definition: Osmanthus Fragrans Flower Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers of Osmanthus fragrans, 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.
- 2OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS FLOWER OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OSMANTHUS%20FRAGRANS%20FLOWER%20OIL