How we scored it
Aqueous distillate of cherry blossom plant material; natural botanical hydrosol.
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 the flowers of the sweet cherry tree (Prunus avium). No synthetic equivalent exists.
In plain English
A floral water distilled from sweet cherry blossoms, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It comes directly from the cherry tree's flowers.
CosIng definition: Prunus Avium (Sweet Cherry) Flower Water, 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 AVIUM FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PRUNUS AVIUM FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PRUNUS%20AVIUM%20FLOWER%20WATER