How we scored it
Whole crushed, dried lavender flowers: cellulose, plant oils (linalool, linalyl acetate) and polyphenols, all plant-made; nothing added, natural mass equals total mass, 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
Flowers of Lavandula angustifolia (English or true lavender) are harvested, dried and crushed to a powder. No synthetic route exists for this material.
In plain English
Dried lavender flowers crushed to a powder. It is listed as a fragrance ingredient and brings the flower's own aroma, mainly linalool and linalyl acetate, along with plant fibre. It comes from true (English) lavender, Lavandula angustifolia.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Powder is the product obtainded from the crushed, dried flowers of the Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, Labiatae
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.
- 2LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAVANDULA%20ANGUSTIFOLIA%20FLOWER%20POWDER