How we scored it
Extract of honeysuckle flowers; botanical flower extracts are natural origin by convention. 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
Extracted from the flowers of Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle). No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract drawn from honeysuckle flowers. It's a simple botanical flower extract with no lab-made equivalent.
CosIng definition: Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Lonicera japonica.
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.
- 2LONICERA JAPONICA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LONICERA JAPONICA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LONICERA%20JAPONICA%20EXTRACT