How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of mushroom fruiting body; water plus trace natural volatiles → 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 reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) fruiting bodies and collecting the aqueous condensate, similar to a floral water. No synthetic route is used.
In plain English
A soothing water distilled from reishi mushroom, used to condition skin in toners and lotions. It's made the same way a floral water is, by steam-distilling the mushroom and collecting the condensed water.
CosIng definition: Ganoderma Lucidum (Mushroom) Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganodermataceae.
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.
- 2GANODERMA LUCIDUM WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GANODERMA LUCIDUM WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GANODERMA%20LUCIDUM%20WATER