How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of blue lotus flowers; water plus natural floral volatiles, both natural origin. Natural = 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
Made by steam-distilling blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) flowers and collecting the aqueous condensate. A single natural-source floral water with no synthetic equivalent.
In plain English
A lightly scented water distilled from blue lotus flowers, used to condition skin. It is essentially blue-lotus-infused water.
CosIng definition: Nymphaea Caerulea Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the flowers of Nymphaea caerulea, 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.
- 2NYMPHAEA CAERULEA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3NYMPHAEA CAERULEA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=NYMPHAEA%20CAERULEA%20FLOWER%20WATER