How we scored it
Steam-distilled hydrosol of chamomile: water (n = 1) plus dissolved plant volatiles; no synthetic fragment; 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis, now Chamaemelum nobile) flowers, leaves and stems are steam-distilled and the water phase is collected. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A floral water made by steam-distilling Roman chamomile and collecting the water phase. It is used as a water-based skin-conditioning ingredient with a light herbal scent, for example in toners and lotions.
CosIng definition: Anthemis Nobilis Flower/Leaf/Stem Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers, leaves and stems of Anthemis nobilis, Asteraceae. (The accepted scientific name for Anthemis nobilis is Chamaemelum nobile).
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.
- 2ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER/LEAF/STEM WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER/LEAF/STEM WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANTHEMIS%20NOBILIS%20FLOWER/LEAF/STEM%20WATER