How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of calendula flowers (botanical hydrosol): 100/100=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
Calendula Officinalis Flower Water is the aromatic water by-product of steam-distilling calendula flowers for essential oil. No synthetic route is used to produce this botanical hydrosol.
In plain English
A gentle floral water collected while steam-distilling calendula flowers. It carries the flower's scent and soothing properties with no synthetic ingredients.
CosIng definition: Calendula Officinalis Flower Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Calendula, Calendula officinalis L., Compositae
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.
- 2CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CALENDULA%20OFFICINALIS%20FLOWER%20WATER