How we scored it
Steam distillate of linden flowers; distillation of plant material is natural → 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
Tilia Cordata Flower Water is the aqueous steam distillate of linden flowers. Single natural feedstock, no synthetic route.
In plain English
A floral water distilled from linden blossoms, used for fragrance and skin conditioning. A natural aqueous plant distillate.
CosIng definition: Tilia Cordata Water is an aqueous solution of the odoriferous principles of the flowers of the Linden, Tilia cordata, Tiliaceae
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.
- 2TILIA CORDATA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TILIA CORDATA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TILIA%20CORDATA%20FLOWER%20WATER