How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of flowers; water and trace plant volatiles are natural, scored 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
The feedstock is hibiscus flowers, steam-distilled with water. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A watery distillate made by steam-distilling hibiscus flowers, used to condition skin.
CosIng definition: Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariff, Malvaceae.
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.
- 2HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIBISCUS%20SABDARIFFA%20FLOWER%20WATER