Rose Damascena Flower Water ●
TL;DR. This ingredient primarily functions as a fragrant botanical water and solvent, often replacing part or all of the water phase while adding a light sensory profile.
What does Rose Damascena Flower Water do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient primarily functions as a fragrant botanical water and solvent, often replacing part or all of the water phase while adding a light sensory profile.
Is Rose Damascena Flower Water clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, it is generally well accepted and not a common restricted-list issue. Because it contains trace aroma compounds, very sensitive users may react to naturally occurring fragrance allergens.
Is Rose Damascena Flower Water sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and made as an aqueous condensate from steam distillation, often alongside essential oil production. It is water-based and readily biodegradable, with the main sustainability variables being agricultural inputs, irrigation, and responsible sourcing of the botanical crop.
Is Rose Damascena Flower Water COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and can be used in COSMOS-organic products when the botanical sourcing and processing meet the standard. It aligns well with Green Chemistry because it is renewable, biodegradable, and produced through physical distillation rather than heavy synthetic processing.
How does Rose Damascena Flower Water work chemically?
This material is mostly water with very low levels of volatile alcohols, terpenes, aldehydes, and organic acids that give it scent and mild skin feel. It is commonly used from low single-digit percentages up to the full water phase, usually needs preservation, and is typically formulated in mildly acidic to near-neutral systems.
Last updated 2026-05-13