How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of apricot fruit; wholly botanical, no synthetic fragments. 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 steam-distilling apricot (Prunus armeniaca) fruit into an aqueous hydrosol used for fragrance. No synthetic route is used commercially.
In plain English
A fruity water distilled from apricots, used to lightly scent skincare products. It's essentially apricot-infused water.
CosIng definition: Prunus Armeniaca Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of the Apricot, Prunus armeniaca L., Rosaceae
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.
- 2PRUNUS ARMENIACA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PRUNUS ARMENIACA FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PRUNUS%20ARMENIACA%20FRUIT%20WATER