How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of hawthorn flowers; natural water = 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 hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) flowers. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A watery distillate from steamed hawthorn flowers. Used for skin conditioning. Comes directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Crataegus Monogyna Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, 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.
- 2CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CRATAEGUS%20MONOGYNA%20FLOWER%20WATER