How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil; whole oil is natural per this site's method's botanical-oil convention.
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 pimento/allspice (Pimenta officinalis). No synthetic manufacturing route is used commercially.
In plain English
Essential oil steam-distilled from allspice leaves, used for fragrance. It's a natural plant oil with no synthetic processing beyond distillation.
CosIng definition: Pimenta Officinalis Leaf Extract is the volatile oil distilled from the leaves of the Pimento, Pimenta officinalis, 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 OFFICINALIS LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIMENTA OFFICINALIS 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%20OFFICINALIS%20LEAF%20OIL