Database/Fragrance/Picea Abies Leaf Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Picea Abies Leaf Oil natural?

Yes. Spruce needle oil is a natural volatile essential oil, used here as a fragrance ingredient.

INCI namePicea Abies Leaf Oil
CAS91770-69-3
FunctionFragrance
FeedstockSteam-distilled or expressed from Picea abies (Norway spruce)…

How we scored it

Whole essential oil distilled/expressed from spruce needles; terpene mass is entirely botanical = 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 or expressed from Picea abies (Norway spruce) needles. No synthetic equivalent used under this INCI.

In plain English

An essential oil distilled from spruce needles, used mainly to add a fresh, woody scent. It's extracted directly from Norway spruce foliage.

CosIng definition: Picea Abies Leaf Oil is the volatile oil expressed from the needles of the Norway Spruce, Picea abies (L.), Pinaceae

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. 2PICEA ABIES LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PICEA ABIES LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PICEA%20ABIES%20LEAF%20OIL