How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of lavender flowers; water plus trace natural volatiles, both natural origin. 1.0 by floral-water 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
Collected as a byproduct of steam-distilling Lavandula hybrida flowers for essential oil. No synthetic equivalent is used.
In plain English
A gentle floral water made by steam-distilling lavender flowers, used to condition skin. It's the watery byproduct collected alongside lavender essential oil.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Hybrida Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of lavender, Lavandula hybrida, 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 HYBRIDA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA HYBRIDA 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%20HYBRIDA%20FLOWER%20WATER