Santalum Album Distillate Water ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is an aromatic botanical water used as a light fragrance component, skin-conditioning agent, and partial water-phase replacement in personal care formulas.
What does Santalum Album Distillate Water do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is an aromatic botanical water used as a light fragrance component, skin-conditioning agent, and partial water-phase replacement in personal care formulas.
Is Santalum Album Distillate Water clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, it is generally accepted when properly preserved and transparently sourced. The main watchpoint is its fragrance-active trace components, which can matter for very reactive or fragrance-sensitive skin.
Is Santalum Album Distillate Water sustainable?
It comes from a slow-growing aromatic tree with a history of overharvesting, so plantation, certified, or well-documented sourcing matters. The it itself is water-based and readily biodegradable, but the agricultural supply chain is the key sustainability issue.
Is Santalum Album Distillate Water COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS Natural when produced by physical distillation from allowed plant material, and COSMOS Organic alignment depends on certified organic source material and compliant preservation. It fits Green Chemistry reasonably well through renewable sourcing and simple distillation, with the main caveat being responsible forestry and land-use pressure.
How does Santalum Album Distillate Water work chemically?
This material is mostly water with very low levels of volatile aromatic molecules, especially sesquiterpene alcohols and related compounds carried over during steam distillation. It is commonly used from low single-digit percentages up to high water-phase levels, needs broad-spectrum preservation, and is usually formulated near skin-friendly acidic to neutral pH.
Last updated 2026-05-14