How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of sage leaves (botanical hydrosol): 100/100=1.00.
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
Salvia Officinalis Leaf Water is the aromatic water by-product of steam-distilling sage leaves for essential oil. No synthetic route is used to produce this botanical hydrosol.
In plain English
A fragrant floral water collected while steam-distilling sage leaves. It carries the plant's scent and mild conditioning properties with no synthetic ingredients.
CosIng definition: Salvia Officinalis Leaf Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the leaves of the Sage, Salvia 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.
- 2SALVIA OFFICINALIS LEAF WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SALVIA 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=SALVIA%20OFFICINALIS%20LEAF%20WATER