How we scored it
Botanical flower bud extract; whole natural material, no synthetic reagent mass retained = 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
Obtained by solvent extraction of Eugenia (Syzygium) caryophyllus (clove) flower buds, mainly from Indonesia and Madagascar. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A fragrance and oral-care ingredient extracted from clove flower buds. It comes from the flower buds of the clove tree, grown mainly in Indonesia and Madagascar.
CosIng definition: Eugenia Caryophyllus Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Clove, Eugenia caryophyllata, Myrtaceae
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.
- 2EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3EUGENIA 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=EUGENIA%20CARYOPHYLLUS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT