Database/Fragrance/Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Water natural?

Yes. A botanical steam distillate consisting of water and trace natural rosemary aroma compounds; entirely plant and water derived.

INCI nameRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Water
CAS84604-14-8
FunctionFragrance
FeedstockObtained by steam-distilling rosemary leaves; the aqueous phase…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate of rosemary leaves; water plus trace plant volatiles, both natural-origin. 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

Obtained by steam-distilling rosemary leaves; the aqueous phase collected alongside the essential oil is sold as leaf water. No synthetic inputs are present.

In plain English

The aqueous by-product of steam-distilling rosemary leaves to obtain rosemary essential oil. Mostly water carrying trace rosemary aroma compounds; used as a fragrance and conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the leaves of the Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis L., Lamiaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF WATER. 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%20WATER