How we scored it
Steam-distilled floral water; water plus plant volatiles; 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 the flowers of the false acacia (black locust) tree, Robinia pseudoacacia; the condensed aqueous fraction is this floral water.
In plain English
A floral water made by steam-distilling false acacia blossoms, used to condition skin. It's essentially water carrying the flower's natural scent compounds.
CosIng definition: Robinia Pseudoacacia Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates of the flowers of the False Acacia, Robinia pseudoacacia, Fabacea
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.
- 2ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ROBINIA%20PSEUDOACACIA%20FLOWER%20WATER