How we scored it
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of Citrus aurantium dulcis (sweet orange); botanical extracts are 1.0 whatever extraction solvent is used, because the solvent is not part of the counted ingredient.
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
Extracted from the flowers of Citrus aurantium dulcis (sweet orange), usually with water, glycerin or glycol.
In plain English
An extract from sweet orange blossoms, used for fragrance and skin conditioning. It is produced from the flowers of the orange tree, similar to neroli oil.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Sweet Orange, Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis 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 DULCIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20AURANTIUM%20DULCIS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT