How we scored it
Whole natural essential oil, steam-distilled from rose petals, per this site's convention for botanical oils => 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
Rosa Centifolia Flower Oil is steam-distilled directly from cabbage rose petals. There is no synthetic alternative; it is always a natural essential oil.
In plain English
The essential oil steam-distilled from cabbage rose petals, used for its scent and skin-conditioning properties in perfumes and skincare.
CosIng definition: Rosa Centifolia Flower Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the flowers of the Cabbage Rose, Rosa centifolia (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.
- 2ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ROSA%20CENTIFOLIA%20FLOWER%20OIL