How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of lotus flowers; botanical water → 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
Steam-distilled from the flowers of Nelumbo nucifera (lotus). No synthetic route.
In plain English
Water collected from steam-distilling lotus flowers, used as a mild toner ingredient. A traditional botanical distillate.
CosIng definition: Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Water is the aqueous part of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaeaceae
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.
- 2NELUMBO NUCIFERA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3NELUMBO NUCIFERA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=NELUMBO%20NUCIFERA%20FLOWER%20WATER