How we scored it
Botanical flower wax; 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
Obtained as a wax fraction from ylang ylang flower oil distillation/extraction. No petrochemical alternative exists.
In plain English
A waxy substance recovered from ylang ylang flowers during extraction of their fragrant oil. It is used for its floral scent and comes entirely from the flower.
CosIng definition: Cananga Odorata Flower Wax is a wax obtained from the flower of Cananga odorata, Anonaceae. Definitions in ISO 3063
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.
- 2CANANGA ODORATA FLOWER WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CANANGA ODORATA FLOWER WAX. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CANANGA%20ODORATA%20FLOWER%20WAX