How we scored it
Whole essential oil obtained by steam distillation of fruits; entire mass is natural plant material by this site's convention (botanical 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 the dried, unripe fruits of Piper cubeba (cubeb pepper). No alternative synthetic route exists for this essential oil.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from the dried, unripe fruits of the cubeb pepper plant. Used as a fragrance ingredient for its spicy, woody scent.
CosIng definition: "Cubeb Oil". Piper Cubeba Fruit Oil is an essential oil obtained from the unripe fermented ripe fruits of the Tailed Pepper, Piper cubeba L., Piperaceae. It contains DL-limonene, cadinene, cubeb camphor
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.
- 2PIPER CUBEBA FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIPER CUBEBA FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIPER%20CUBEBA%20FRUIT%20OIL