How we scored it
Volatile oil from a plant; every constituent (thymol, p-cymene, linalool, carvacrol and other terpenoids) is plant-derived, n = 1. Natural mass 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 thyme flowers and leaves. Synthetic thymol is a separate material and is not part of this INCI name.
In plain English
Thyme essential oil, a strongly herbal, spicy-smelling oil used for fragrance, skin conditioning and as a tonic. It is steam-distilled from the flowers and leaves of thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and typically contains thymol, p-cymene and linalool.
CosIng definition: Thymus Vulgaris Flower/Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers and leaves of the Thyme, Thymus vulgaris L., Lamiaceae
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.
- 2THYMUS VULGARIS FLOWER/LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3THYMUS VULGARIS FLOWER/LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=THYMUS%20VULGARIS%20FLOWER/LEAF%20OIL