Database/Fragrance/Foeniculum Vulgare Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Foeniculum Vulgare Water natural?

Yes. Water and the volatile aromatics carried over from steam distillation of fennel are natural, with nothing petrochemical added.

INCI nameFoeniculum Vulgare Water
CAS92623-75-1
FunctionFragrance
FeedstockDominant feedstock is fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), steam distilled…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate: water (n=1) plus trace volatile plant compounds, terpenes natural under b. All mass natural origin: 1/1 = 1.00.
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

Dominant feedstock is fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), steam distilled to give a hydrosol that is mostly water. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A fragrance water. It is the water-based liquid collected when fennel is steam distilled, so it is mostly water carrying trace aromatic plant compounds.

CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Umbelliferae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2FOENICULUM VULGARE WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3FOENICULUM VULGARE WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FOENICULUM%20VULGARE%20WATER