How we scored it
Botanical flower extract (mimosa); 1.0 by this site's 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
Extracted from the flowers of Acacia decurrens (mimosa/green wattle), grown mainly in southern France. No synthetic route replaces the natural extract.
In plain English
A fragrant extract from mimosa flowers, used to give cosmetic products a sweet, powdery floral note, made by directly extracting the flowers.
CosIng definition: Acacia Decurrens Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of the Acacia, Acacia decurrens, 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 DECURRENS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ACACIA DECURRENS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACACIA%20DECURRENS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT