Database/Skin Conditioning/Camellia Sinensis Flower Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Camellia Sinensis Flower Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is a solvent extract of tea flowers with no synthetic modification.

INCI nameCamellia Sinensis Flower Extract
CAS84650-60-2
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Perfuming
FeedstockExtracted from the flowers of the tea plant,…

How we scored it

Whole flower extract; botanical extracts are 1.0 by convention regardless of the marker-compound (EGCG) formula supplied.
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 the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, using conventional solvent extraction. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A plant extract from tea flowers, used for skin conditioning and fragrance. Made by extracting the flowers with a solvent; no synthetic processing involved.

CosIng definition: Camellia Sinensis Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of the Tea, Camellia sinensis, Theaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CAMELLIA SINENSIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CAMELLIA SINENSIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAMELLIA%20SINENSIS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT