How we scored it
Aqueous steam-distillate of quince fruit; classed as botanical extract/water, 1.0 by convention.
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 quince fruit and collecting the aromatic aqueous condensate, similar to a floral water. No synthetic route exists for this material.
In plain English
A delicate water made by steam-distilling quince fruit, similar to a floral water. It is used to condition skin and comes directly from the fruit with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Cydonia Oblonga Fruit Water is the aqueous solution obtained from the steam distillates of fruit of Cydonia oblonga.
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.
- 2CYDONIA OBLONGA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CYDONIA OBLONGA FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CYDONIA%20OBLONGA%20FRUIT%20WATER