How we scored it
Whole essential oil obtained by distillation of needles; this site's convention: essential oils = 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 Picea mariana (black spruce) needles. No alternative industrial route for the whole oil.
In plain English
Essential oil steam-distilled from black spruce needles, used for its fresh pine fragrance. A whole natural essential oil.
CosIng definition: Picea Mariana Leaf Oil is an essential oil obtained from the leaves of the spruce, Picea mariana, Pinaceae
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.
- 2PICEA MARIANA LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PICEA MARIANA 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%20MARIANA%20LEAF%20OIL