How we scored it
Steam-distillate water (n=1) plus dissolved volatiles of bergamot fruit (n=1); no synthetic atoms: 1.00.
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
Dominant route: steam distillation of bergamot (Citrus aurantium var. bergamia) fruit, with the aqueous condensate collected as the hydrosol. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A bergamot hydrosol: the water collected when bergamot fruit is steam-distilled, carrying traces of the fruit's aromatic compounds. Used as a skin-conditioning water phase in toners and lotions.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit Bergamot, Citrus aurantium L. var. bergamia, 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 BERGAMIA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA FRUIT 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%20BERGAMIA%20FRUIT%20WATER