How we scored it
Botanical flower extract; 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
Extracted from boronia flowers using solvent extraction to capture the fragrant compounds. No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A fragrant extract from boronia flowers used in perfumery. It is obtained directly from the flowers through extraction.
CosIng definition: Boronia Megastigma Flower Extract is an extract obtained from the flowers of the plant, Boronia megastigma, Rutaceae
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.
- 2BORONIA MEGASTIGMA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BORONIA MEGASTIGMA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BORONIA%20MEGASTIGMA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT