How we scored it
Steam-distilled essential oil from the thyme plant; whole natural extract → 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
Obtained by steam distillation of the whole Thymus vulgaris (thyme) plant. Standard and only significant commercial route.
In plain English
A herbal fragrance oil steam-distilled from thyme plants. It scents cosmetic products and comes directly from the plant with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Thymus Vulgaris Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant 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 OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3THYMUS VULGARIS 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%20OIL