How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of peach 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 peach (Prunus persica) fruit into an aqueous hydrosol used for fragrance. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A gentle floral water made by steam-distilling peach fruit, used to add a light peachy scent to lotions and toners. It's essentially peach-infused water.
CosIng definition: Prunus Persica Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of the Peach, Prunus persica, 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 PERSICA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PRUNUS PERSICA 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%20PERSICA%20FRUIT%20WATER