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 hydrodistillation of Tagetes patula flowers, as stated in CosIng. No synthetic route exists for the whole oil.
In plain English
An aromatic essential oil used as a fragrance. It is distilled with water or steam from the flowers of French marigold (Tagetes patula) and contains mainly limonene, ocimene and dihydrotagetone, which carry its scent.
CosIng definition: "Marigold Oil; Tagetes Oil". Tagetes Patula Flower Oil is an essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the flowers of the Tagetes, Tagetes patula L., Compositae. It contains mainly D-limonene, ocimene, 2,6-dimethyloct-7-en-4-one
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 PATULA FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TAGETES PATULA 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%20PATULA%20FLOWER%20OIL