How we scored it
Botanical flower wax; natural plant material, 1.0 by convention.
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 from mimosa flowers, typically as a fraction from solvent extraction for fragrance. No petrochemical alternative exists.
In plain English
A soft wax from mimosa flowers used to condition skin and add emollience. It is derived directly from the flowers.
CosIng definition: Acacia Dealbata Flower Wax is the wax obtained from the flowers of Acacia dealbata, Fabaceae
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.
- 2ACACIA DEALBATA FLOWER WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ACACIA DEALBATA FLOWER WAX. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACACIA%20DEALBATA%20FLOWER%20WAX