Vanillosmopsis erythropappa (Bisabolol) wood oil
AKA “Bisabolol Wood Oil”
Oil
Ingredient Facts
Vanillosmopsis erythropappa (Bisabolol) wood oil
AKA: Bisabolol Wood Oil
Oil · Emollient · EWG: 4
Plant-Derived
Emollient
Skin Conditioner
Not Clean
Vanillosmopsis Erythropappa [Bisabolol] Wood Oil is a cosmetic ingredient.
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Plant Part
Wood
Climate
Seasonally dry tropical
Form
Oil
See origin →
Functions
Emollient
Fills in the tiny cracks between skin cells to make everything feel smooth and soft. The "silky finish" ingredient.
Skin Conditioning
A catch-all term for ingredients that improve how skin looks and feels — softer, smoother, more supple. The workhorse behind most moisturizers.
Quells irritation
Reduces redness
Traditional Use
Bisabolol is a natural sesquiterpene alcohol found in various plant sources, historically used in traditional medicine. The wood oil was traditionally used in folk remedies; modern cosmetic use leverages its anti-inflammatory and skin-calming properties.
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
Irritation
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Caution
Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Bisabolol
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel
International Journal of Toxicology
Bisabolol
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Facile Fabrication of α-Bisabolol Nanoparticles with Improved Antioxidant and Antibacterial Effects.
Kim S, Yu S, Kim J, Khaliq NU, Choi WI et al.
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023
α-(-)-bisabolol reduces pro-inflammatory cytokine product...
Anil K Maurya, Monika Singh, Vijaya Dubey, Suchita Srivastava, Suaib Luqman, Dnyaneshwar U Bawankule
Current pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2014
Corneal antinociceptive effect of (-)-α-bisabolol.
Teixeira GF, Costa FN, Campos AR
Pharmaceutical biology, 2017
Verified Jun 2026
Data: Kew POWO · CosIng · EWG · CIR