How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of marjoram leaves; water plus natural herb volatiles, both natural-origin fragments. 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 sweet marjoram (Origanum majorana) leaves and collecting the aqueous condensate. A single natural-source hydrosol with no synthetic equivalent.
In plain English
A lightly herbal water distilled from sweet marjoram leaves, used to condition skin. It is essentially marjoram-infused water.
CosIng definition: Origanum Majorana Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the leaves of the Sweet Marjoram, Origanum majorana L., Lamiaceae
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.
- 2ORIGANUM MAJORANA LEAF WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORIGANUM MAJORANA LEAF WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORIGANUM%20MAJORANA%20LEAF%20WATER