How we scored it
Volatile oil distilled from anise seeds; anethole and terpenes are plant-derived. 1.0 per essential-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
Distilled from the seeds of Pimpinella anisum (anise). No petrochemical equivalent is used commercially.
In plain English
An essential oil distilled from anise seeds, used to give products a sweet, liquorice-like scent. It's extracted directly from the anise plant's seeds.
CosIng definition: Pimpinella Anisum Seed Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the seeds of the Anise, Pimpinella anisum L., Apiaceae
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.
- 2PIMPINELLA ANISUM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIMPINELLA ANISUM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIMPINELLA%20ANISUM%20SEED%20OIL