How we scored it
Flower extract of Vanda coerulea orchid; natural botanical extraction.
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
Extracted from the flowers of the blue orchid, Vanda coerulea. Standard botanical extraction is used, leaving the product fully natural-origin.
In plain English
An extract from the flowers of the blue Vanda orchid. Used in skincare for its conditioning properties. Obtained by extracting the orchid's flowers.
CosIng definition: Vanda Coerulea Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Vanda coerulea, Orchidaceae.
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.
- 2VANDA COERULEA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VANDA COERULEA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VANDA%20COERULEA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT