How we scored it
Steam-distillate water (n=1) plus dissolved volatiles of Olea europaea flower (n=1); no synthetic atoms: 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: steam distillation of olive (Olea europaea) flowers, with the aqueous condensate collected as the hydrosol. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
An olive-flower hydrosol: the water collected when olive tree flowers are steam-distilled, used in skin products as an antioxidant ingredient. It carries only traces of the flowers' volatile constituents.
CosIng definition: Olea Europaea Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Olive, Olea europaea L., Oleaceae
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.
- 2OLEA EUROPAEA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OLEA EUROPAEA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OLEA%20EUROPAEA%20FLOWER%20WATER