How we scored it
Vitis Vinifera Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of Vitis vinifera (grape vine); botanical extracts are 1.0 whatever extraction solvent is used, because the solvent is not part of the counted ingredient.
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 Vitis vinifera (grape vine), usually with water, glycerin or glycol.
In plain English
An extract from grape flowers, used as a fragrance and conditioning ingredient in skincare. It comes from the flowers of grapevines, similar to other plant-based botanical extracts.
CosIng definition: Vitis Vinifera Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Grape, Vitis Vinifera L., Vitaceae
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.
- 2VITIS VINIFERA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VITIS VINIFERA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VITIS%20VINIFERA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT