How we scored it
Essential oil steam-distilled from parsley leaves; distillation is physical separation, natural volatile oil = 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 steam-distilling the leaves of the parsley plant, Petroselinum crispum. Distillation only separates existing plant compounds and introduces no synthetic material.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from parsley leaves. Used in cosmetics mainly for its fresh, herbal fragrance. Extracted directly from the parsley plant.
CosIng definition: Petroselinum Crispum Leaf Oil is an essential oil obtained from the leaves of the Parsley, Petroselinum crispum, Umbelliferae
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.
- 2PETROSELINUM CRISPUM LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PETROSELINUM CRISPUM LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PETROSELINUM%20CRISPUM%20LEAF%20OIL