How we scored it
Botanical wood extract; whole-plant material, no synthetic reagent mass retained = 1.0. Note: supplied formula/IUPAC (biphenyl-dicarboxylic acid) does not match sandalwood chemistry (santalols), likely a wrong-compound PubChem link; description trusted per instructions.
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
Commercially produced as a solvent or supercritical-CO2 extract of Santalum album heartwood, mainly from India, Australia and Pacific-island plantations. No synthetic alternative route exists for this botanical extract.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning and fragrance ingredient extracted from sandalwood heartwood. It comes from the wood of the sandalwood tree, grown mainly in India, Australia and the Pacific islands.
CosIng definition: Santalum Album Wood Extract is an extract of the wood of the Sandalwood, Santalum album L., Santalaceae
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.
- 2SANTALUM ALBUM WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SANTALUM ALBUM WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SANTALUM%20ALBUM%20WOOD%20EXTRACT