How we scored it
Botanical flower extract; 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical extracts.
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 Vachellia farnesiana (cassie/sweet acacia), a traditional perfumery flower. No synthetic substitute route applies to the extract itself.
In plain English
A sweet, floral extract from acacia (cassie) flowers, used to add fragrance to cosmetic products, made by directly extracting the flowers.
CosIng definition: Acacia Farnesiana Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Acacia farnesiana. The accepted scientific name for Acacia farnesiana is Vachellia farnesiana.
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 FARNESIANA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ACACIA FARNESIANA 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%20FARNESIANA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT