How we scored it
Steam-distillate water fraction of bitter-orange blossoms; distillation is natural-origin = 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
Collected as the aqueous fraction when bitter-orange blossoms are steam-distilled for neroli essential oil. No alternative synthetic route is used.
In plain English
Orange flower (neroli) water made by steam-distilling bitter orange blossoms, the same process used to make neroli essential oil. Used to condition skin and add a light floral scent.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Bitter Orange, Citrus aurantium L. var. amara L., Rutaceae
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.
- 2CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20AURANTIUM%20AMARA%20FLOWER%20WATER