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Prunus mume flower water

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Prunus mume flower water in plain language

What it is

Also known as Prunus mume flower oil · Armeniaca mume flower oil · Armeniaca mume flower water · Chinese plum flower oil · Chinese plum flower water · Japanese apricot flower oil

Show all 25 names

Japanese apricot flower water · Japanese flowering apricot flower oil · Japanese flowering apricot flower water · Japanese flowering plum flower oil · Japanese flowering plum flower water · Japanese plum flower oil · Japanese plum flower water · Japanese winter plum flower oil · Japanese winter plum flower water · Mei flower oil · Mei flower water · Mume flower oil · Mume flower water · Plum blossom oil · Plum blossom water · Prunopsis mume flower oil · Prunopsis mume flower water · Ume flower oil · Ume flower water

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Prunus Mume Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of Prunus mume, Rosaceae.

  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Prunus mume flower water appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
  • EUCosIngActivePrunus Mume Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of Prunus mume, Rosaceae
    • Prunus Mume Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of Prunus mume, RosaceaeSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Prunus mume flower water. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Prunus mume flower water yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.