How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate: water (n = 1) plus trace sage volatile terpenoids (n = 1). Natural mass 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
Dominant route is collecting the aqueous layer from steam distillation of sage herb. No synthetic route is relevant to this ingredient.
In plain English
Sage hydrosol, the scented water that condenses when sage is steam-distilled. It is mostly water with traces of the plant's aroma compounds and is used as a gentle skin-conditioning base in toners and lotions. It comes from common sage, Salvia officinalis.
CosIng definition: Salvia Officinalis Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from 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 WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SALVIA OFFICINALIS 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%20WATER