How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; this site's convention rates all plant extracts 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 extracting the flowers of Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince). No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A plant extract from flowering quince blossoms, used mainly to add a light floral scent to cosmetic formulas. It comes directly from the flowers with no synthetic processing beyond extraction.
CosIng definition: Chaenomeles Speciosa Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Chaenomeles speciosa, Rosaceae.
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.
- 2CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHAENOMELES%20SPECIOSA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT