TS EN ISO 9235

TS EN ISO 9235 is a vocabulary standard for aromatic natural raw materials. Standards of this kind establish a common technical language for materials such as essential oils, extracts, and other naturally derived aromatic ingredients, helping producers, laboratories, suppliers, and users apply the same terms with the same meaning. The listed document is now withdrawn, but its subject remains a useful reference point for understanding how natural aromatic materials are identified and described in technical practice.

Shared terminology for aromatic natural materials

Aromatic natural raw materials form a broad technical field covering substances obtained from plants, animal sources, or other natural origins that carry characteristic odour or aroma properties. Within this field, terms such as essential oil, extract, resinoid, and absolute point to different production routes and different chemical profiles. Vocabulary standards make these distinctions clearer, reducing ambiguity in product naming, quality documentation, and technical communication.

What a vocabulary standard like this supports

• It aligns the definitions and use of technical terms.
• It helps prevent confusion between commercial and scientific names for the same material.
• It supports consistent language in laboratory reports, technical data sheets, and catalogues.
• It provides clearer classification language for natural aromatic products.
• It serves as a conceptual reference for professionals working with essential oils and related raw materials.