How we scored it
West Indian bay leaf oil: myrcene, eugenol and chavicol are biosynthesised by the plant, so their phenolic rings do not count as petrochemical; nothing added, 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 the leaves of the West Indian bay tree (Pimenta acris, also called bay rum tree), grown mainly in the Caribbean. No synthetic route exists for the oil itself.
In plain English
A volatile oil steam-distilled from the leaves of the West Indian bay tree, the source of traditional bay rum. It is used as a spicy, clove-like fragrance ingredient. The scent comes largely from eugenol and myrcene, which the leaf makes itself.
CosIng definition: Pimenta Acris Leaf Oil is the volatile oil distilled from the leaves of the Bay, Pimenta acris, Myrtaceae
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.
- 2PIMENTA ACRIS LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIMENTA ACRIS LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIMENTA%20ACRIS%20LEAF%20OIL