Database/Fragrance/Ocimum Tenuiflorum Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Ocimum Tenuiflorum Water natural?

Yes. The water and the trace aroma compounds both come from steam distillation of Ocimum tenuiflorum, with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameOcimum Tenuiflorum Water
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant route is collecting the aqueous layer from…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate: water (n = 1) plus trace holy basil volatiles (n = 1). Natural mass 100% = 1.00.
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

Dominant route is collecting the aqueous layer from steam distillation of the whole holy basil plant. No synthetic route is relevant to this ingredient.

In plain English

Holy basil (tulsi) hydrosol, the scented water collected when Ocimum tenuiflorum is steam-distilled. It is mostly water with traces of the plant's aroma compounds and is used for light fragrance and skin conditioning in toners and mists.

CosIng definition: Ocimum Tenuiflorum Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the whole plant, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Lamiaceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OCIMUM%20TENUIFLORUM%20WATER