How we scored it
Plant material: all mass is sandalwood (Santalum album) constituents, n=1; no reagents involved. 100% / 100% = 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
Dominant route is harvesting and processing Santalum album plant material, grown in India and plantation regions of Australia. No commercially significant non-plant route exists for the material itself.
In plain English
Plant material from the sandalwood tree (Santalum album), an aromatic tropical tree, used in skin-care products to condition the skin. It is natural plant material rather than a synthesized chemical.
CosIng definition: Santalum Album is a plant material derived from 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. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SANTALUM ALBUM. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SANTALUM%20ALBUM