How we scored it
Botanical leaf powder; ground plant material, fully natural.
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
Made by drying and grinding rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaves. No synthetic alternative manufacturing route exists for a milled botanical.
In plain English
Dried, ground rosemary leaves used for fragrance and skin conditioning. It is simply the herb leaves milled into a powder, with nothing synthetic added.
CosIng definition: Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Powder is the powder derived from the leaf of the Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis L., Lamiaceae
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.
- 2ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ROSMARINUS%20OFFICINALIS%20LEAF%20POWDER