Database/Emollient/Pistacia Lentiscus Fruit Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Pistacia Lentiscus Fruit Oil natural?

Yes. Oil expressed from mastic fruit; entirely natural plant lipid.

INCI namePistacia Lentiscus Fruit Oil
CAS90082-82-9
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockExpressed from the fruit of the mastic tree,…

How we scored it

Expressed fruit oil (mastic), wholly natural.
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

Expressed from the fruit of the mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus. No synthetic version is used.

In plain English

An oil pressed from mastic tree fruit, used to condition skin. It comes directly from the fruit without chemical modification.

CosIng definition: Pistacia Lentiscus (Mastic) Fruit Oil is the volatile oil expressed from the fruit of Pistacia lentiscus, Anacardiaceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2PISTACIA LENTISCUS FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PISTACIA LENTISCUS FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PISTACIA%20LENTISCUS%20FRUIT%20OIL