How we scored it
Flower extract; botanical extracts are 1.0 by rule.
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 night-flowering jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) using water or hydro-alcoholic solvents. No synthetic alternative.
In plain English
A flower extract from night jasmine used to condition skin, made by extracting natural compounds from the blossoms with a solvent.
CosIng definition: Nyctanthes Arbor-Tristis Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis.
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.
- 2NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=NYCTANTHES%20ARBOR-TRISTIS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT