How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of schisandra fruit; natural water = 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 Schisandra chinensis fruit. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A watery distillate from steamed schisandra berries. Used for fragrance and skin conditioning. Comes directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, Schisandraceae.
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.
- 2SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SCHISANDRA%20CHINENSIS%20FRUIT%20WATER