How we scored it
Whole botanical flower extract; this site's convention scores plant extracts 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
Extracted from carnation flowers using water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A flower extract from carnations, used for fragrance and skin conditioning. It's produced by extracting the fresh flowers with water or an alcohol-based solvent.
CosIng definition: Dianthus Caryophyllus Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of the Girofle, Dianthus caryophyllus L., Caryophyllaceae
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.
- 2DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIANTHUS%20CARYOPHYLLUS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT