How we scored it
Botanical flower extract; whole-plant material pulled out with solvent or water. This site's convention: extracts = 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
Produced by extracting the flowers of the tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) with water, alcohol or glycol. No synthetic route exists; sourcing is agricultural.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract made by steeping tree peony flowers to pull out their beneficial compounds, used to soothe and condition skin in creams and serums.
CosIng definition: Paeonia Suffruticosa Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Paeonia suffruticosa, Paeoniaceae.
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.
- 2PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PAEONIA%20SUFFRUTICOSA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT