How we scored it
Botanical wax from rose flowers; waxy lipid mass entirely natural = 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
Extracted from Rosa damascena flowers as the waxy concrete fraction of solvent extraction. No synthetic route.
In plain English
A natural wax extracted from damask rose flowers, used mainly for its scent and skin-conditioning properties. It's a byproduct of producing rose absolute.
CosIng definition: Rosa Damascena Flower Wax is a wax obtained from the flower of Rosa damascena, 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 DAMASCENA FLOWER WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROSA DAMASCENA 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%20DAMASCENA%20FLOWER%20WAX