How we scored it
Essential oil distilled from rosemary leaves/flowering tops; whole volatile plant oil. 1.0 per this site's 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
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil is steam-distilled from the leaves and flowering tops of rosemary. Distillation only concentrates existing plant volatiles, adding no petrochemical mass.
In plain English
A fragrant essential oil steam-distilled from rosemary leaves, used to scent products and condition skin. It is a natural plant oil with nothing synthetic added.
CosIng definition: Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil is the essential oil obtained from the flowering tops and leaves of the Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis L., Lamiaceae
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.
- 2ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ROSMARINUS%20OFFICINALIS%20LEAF%20OIL