Database/Fragrance/Passiflora Incarnata Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Passiflora Incarnata Water natural?

Yes. The water and the trace volatile compounds both come from steam distillation of Passiflora incarnata, with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI namePassiflora Incarnata Water
CAS72968-47-9
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
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How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate: water (n = 1) plus trace plant volatiles (n = 1). Natural mass 100% = 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 is collecting the aqueous layer from steam distillation of the passion flower plant. No synthetic route is relevant to this ingredient.

In plain English

Passion flower hydrosol, the scented water collected when Passiflora incarnata is steam-distilled. It is mostly water with traces of the plant's aroma compounds and is used for light fragrance and skin conditioning in toners and mists.

CosIng definition: Passiflora Incarnata Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the Passion Flower, Passiflora incarnata L., Passifloraceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2PASSIFLORA INCARNATA WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PASSIFLORA INCARNATA WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PASSIFLORA%20INCARNATA%20WATER