How we scored it
Steam-distillate water fraction of lavender flowers; distillation is a natural-origin process = 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 as the aqueous co-product when lavender essential oil is steam-distilled from fresh flowers. No alternative synthetic route is used.
In plain English
Lavender water made by steam-distilling lavender flowers, the same process used to make lavender essential oil. Used in skincare to condition skin, often as part of a formula's water phase.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the 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 WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER WATER. 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%20WATER