How we scored it
Steam-distillate hydrosol of elderflower; water plus botanical volatiles, this site's convention 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
Produced by steam-distilling elder (Sambucus nigra) flowers and collecting the aqueous distillate. No synthetic processing is involved.
In plain English
A gentle floral water made by steam-distilling elderflowers. Mostly water carrying the flower's natural scent compounds, used to condition skin.
CosIng definition: Sambucus Nigra Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Elder, Sambucus nigra L., Caprifoliaceae
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.
- 2SAMBUCUS NIGRA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAMBUCUS NIGRA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAMBUCUS%20NIGRA%20FLOWER%20WATER