How we scored it
Distilled essential oil: terpenes and terpenoids isolated from the plant are natural feedstock (b); nothing synthetic added. Natural 100% / total 100% = 1.00.
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 steam distillation of Tagetes minuta flowers and flowering tops. No synthetic route exists for the whole oil.
In plain English
An aromatic essential oil used as a fragrance and for skin conditioning. It is steam-distilled from the flowers of Tagetes minuta, a marigold-type plant native to South America, and its scent comes from terpenes and terpene ketones such as ocimene and tagetone.
CosIng definition: Tagetes Minuta Flower Oil is the essential oil obtained from the flowers of the Tagetes, Tagetes minuta L., Compositae
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.
- 2TAGETES MINUTA FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TAGETES MINUTA FLOWER OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TAGETES%20MINUTA%20FLOWER%20OIL