Is Rosa Centifolia Flower Wax natural?

Q: Is Rosa Centifolia Flower Wax natural?

Rosa Centifolia Flower Wax has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. The wax is extracted directly from Rosa centifolia flowers with no synthetic processing. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. The wax is extracted directly from Rosa centifolia flowers with no synthetic processing.

INCI nameRosa Centifolia Flower Wax

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockRosa Centifolia Flower Wax is obtained from the…

How we scored it

Wax obtained from cabbage rose flowers; natural botanical wax, no petrochemical fragment.

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 Wax is obtained from the flowers of Rosa centifolia. No synthetic alternative route exists.

In plain English

A wax obtained from cabbage rose flowers. Used to help condition skin.

CosIng definition: Rosa Centifolia Flower Wax is a wax obtained from the flower of Rosa centifolia, 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 WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER WAX. 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%20WAX