How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from whole patchouli plant; essential-oils convention = 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
Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil is obtained by steam distillation of the dried patchouli plant. It is used as the whole distilled oil.
In plain English
An earthy-scented essential oil steam-distilled from the patchouli plant. It's used mainly as a fragrance ingredient in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: Pogostemon Cablin Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant, Pogostemon cablin.
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.
- 2POGOSTEMON CABLIN OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POGOSTEMON CABLIN OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POGOSTEMON%20CABLIN%20OIL