How we scored it
Whole-plant flower extract; botanical extracts are 1.0 by this site's 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
Solvent or aqueous extract of Michelia champaca flowers. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from champac flowers, used to soothe and condition skin in cosmetics. Entirely plant-derived.
CosIng definition: Michelia Champaca Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Champac, Michelia champaca L., Magnoliaceae
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.
- 2MICHELIA CHAMPACA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MICHELIA CHAMPACA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MICHELIA%20CHAMPACA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT