Rosehip
Rosa moschata · seed oil · 15% of the formula
Second on the label at 15%. Pressed from a seed, not a flower.
§ 1 · What it is
The hip is the fruit the rose keeps after the petals have gone. The oil is pressed from the seeds inside it, not distilled from the flower. It is nearly scentless, light, and quick to sink.
In this formula it is the counterweight: jojoba brings the waxy body, rosehip thins the pour and speeds the finish. Fifteen percent is enough to change how the whole bottle feels on the skin.
§ 2 · What the number means
15% makes rosehip the second-largest line on the label: a working share, not a garnish. The number is honest about quantity and silent about quality. It does not say where the hips grew or how the seeds were pressed. Those belong in §5, when they are on file.
An ingredient at 0.1% can still get the front of the box. Here the label reads in the same order the formula does, top to bottom.
§ 3 · What it does
Light and fast. It sinks ahead of the jojoba and shortens the whole finish.
A seed oil of the lighter fatty acids. A statement about texture and pour, not about outcomes.
Almost none. The perfume lives in the petals; the seeds kept quiet.
Everything in §3 is sensory or compositional. None of it is a medical claim: none may be made, and none is needed.
§ 4 · What it does not do
Does not smell of roses.
Does not regenerate anything.
Does not fade scars.
Is not a treatment.
It earns its place by weight and feel. The flower did not apply.
§ 5 · Where it comes from
The hips ripen after the flowering is over; the seeds inside carry the oil. Ours is Rosa moschata, per the printed label.
[ Growing region and pressing method withheld until the certificates of analysis are on file. ]
§ 6 · Words on other bottles
One entry per sheet. The convention is the target; no brand is named, and none needs to be.
“Natural”
No regulated meaning on a cosmetic label. Hemlock is natural. So is crude oil. The word is doing feelings, not chemistry: this label says botanical where it is true, prints the Latin, and stops.