Database/Fragrance/Vitex Agnus-Castus Fruit Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Vitex Agnus-Castus Fruit Oil natural?

Yes. The oil is directly obtained from chaste tree fruit with no petrochemical processing, so it counts as fully natural origin under the essential-oil convention.

INCI nameVitex Agnus-Castus Fruit Oil
CAS91722-47-3
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by distillation from the fruit of Vitex…

How we scored it

Volatile (essential) oil obtained from plant fruit; whole-oil botanical, no synthetic fragment. 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 distillation from the fruit of Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree). No synthetic route is used commercially for this essential oil.

In plain English

Chaste tree fruit oil is an essential oil obtained from the fruit of the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus). It's used in cosmetics for fragrance and skin-conditioning.

CosIng definition: Vitex Agnus-Castus Fruit Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the fruit of Vitex agnus-castus, Verbenaceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VITEX%20AGNUS-CASTUS%20FRUIT%20OIL