How we scored it
Steam distillate of sweet violet 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
Viola Odorata Flower Water is the aqueous steam distillate of sweet violet flowers. Single natural feedstock, no synthetic route.
In plain English
A floral water steam-distilled from sweet violet blossoms, used for fragrance. A natural aqueous plant distillate.
CosIng definition: Viola Odorata Flower Water is the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of the Sweet Violet, Viola odorata L., Violaceae
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.
- 2VIOLA ODORATA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VIOLA ODORATA FLOWER WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VIOLA%20ODORATA%20FLOWER%20WATER