How we scored it
Botanical whole-plant extract; 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 whole passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) plant with water or alcohol. No synthetic route exists; sourcing is agricultural.
In plain English
A skin-tightening (astringent) extract made from the passionflower plant, used in toners and treatments to help skin feel firmer and more refined.
CosIng definition: Passiflora Incarnata Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the Passion Flower, Passiflora incarnata L., Passifloraceae
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.
- 2PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PASSIFLORA%20INCARNATA%20EXTRACT