How we scored it
Aqueous distillate from corn poppy flowers; water plus natural floral 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 corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flowers and collecting the aqueous fraction. A single natural-source floral water with no synthetic equivalent.
In plain English
A delicate water distilled from corn poppy flowers, used to tone skin and add light fragrance. It is essentially poppy-flower-infused water.
CosIng definition: Papaver Rhoeas Flower Water is the aqueous component from steam distillation of the flowers of the Corn Poppy, Papaver rhoeas L., Papaveraceae
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.
- 2PAPAVER RHOEAS FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PAPAVER RHOEAS FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PAPAVER%20RHOEAS%20FLOWER%20WATER