How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil; botanical-oil 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
Steam-distilled from the leaves of the Ravensara aromatica tree, native to Madagascar. A physical distillation process with no synthetic alternative.
In plain English
An aromatic essential oil steam-distilled from Ravensara tree leaves, used as a natural fragrance ingredient. It's sourced from Madagascar through traditional leaf distillation.
CosIng definition: Ravensara Aromatica Leaf Oil is the volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Ravensara aromatica, Lauraceae
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.
- 2RAVENSARA AROMATICA LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3RAVENSARA AROMATICA LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=RAVENSARA%20AROMATICA%20LEAF%20OIL