How we scored it
Aqueous steam-distillate of tea leaves; water carries natural odoriferous compounds; distillation is a natural-origin process; botanical water = 1.0.
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
Produced by steam-distilling tea leaves, yielding an aqueous solution (hydrosol) of the leaves' volatile aromatic compounds. No petrochemical alternative route is used for this botanical water.
In plain English
A fragrant water made by steam-distilling tea leaves, used to tone skin and add a light natural scent. It's a byproduct of tea-leaf distillation, entirely plant and water derived.
CosIng definition: Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the odoriferous principles of the leaves of the Tea, Camellia sinensis, Theaceae
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.
- 2CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAMELLIA%20SINENSIS%20LEAF%20WATER