How we scored it
Whole jasmine flowers (dried or powdered): all plant tissue, n=1. 100% natural origin, nothing added: 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
Dominant route is harvested Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine) flowers, dried and sometimes milled to a powder. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
The flowers of Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac), used dried or ground into a powder. They are added to skincare products as a skin-conditioning ingredient and come directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Jasminum Sambac (Jasmine) Flower is the flowers of Jasminum sambac, Oleaceae.
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.
- 2JASMINUM SAMBAC FLOWER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JASMINUM SAMBAC FLOWER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=JASMINUM%20SAMBAC%20FLOWER