How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate (hydrosol) of cornflower; water plus botanical volatiles, this site's convention scores 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 cornflower petals; the water phase of the distillate is collected as the flower water. No synthetic processing of actives.
In plain English
A soothing floral water (hydrosol) made by steam-distilling cornflower petals. It's mostly water carrying the flower's natural aromatic compounds, used for skin conditioning.
CosIng definition: Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus L., Asteraceae
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.
- 2CENTAUREA CYANUS FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CENTAUREA CYANUS FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CENTAUREA%20CYANUS%20FLOWER%20WATER