How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate: water (n = 1) plus trace juniper terpenes (n = 1). Natural mass 100% = 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 route is collecting the aqueous layer from steam distillation of juniper fruit and leaves. No synthetic route is relevant to this ingredient.
In plain English
Juniper hydrosol, the scented water collected when juniper berries and leaves are steam-distilled. It is mostly water with traces of the plant's piney aroma compounds and is used for fragrance in toners and mists.
CosIng definition: Juniperus Communis Fruit/Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit and leaves of the Juniper, Juniperus communis L., Cupressaceae
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.
- 2JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS FRUIT/LEAF WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS FRUIT/LEAF WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=JUNIPERUS%20COMMUNIS%20FRUIT/LEAF%20WATER