How we scored it
Whole natural resin extract, tapped and solvent-extracted from the Styrax benzoin tree, per this site's convention for botanical extracts => 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
Styrax Benzoin Resin Extract is obtained by solvent-extracting the balsamic resin tapped from Styrax benzoin trees. There is no synthetic alternative; it is always a natural resin extract.
In plain English
An extract of benzoin balsam resin, tapped from the Styrax tree, used for its sweet vanilla-like scent and as a film-forming ingredient in perfumes.
CosIng definition: Styrax Benzoin Extract is an extract of the balsamic resin of the Benzoin, Styrax benzoin, Styracaceae
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.
- 2STYRAX BENZOIN RESIN EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3STYRAX BENZOIN RESIN EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=STYRAX%20BENZOIN%20RESIN%20EXTRACT