Mario Badescu Lawsuit Claims Skincare Facial Spray Does Not Contain Rosewater as Advertised

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A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that a popular facial spray made by Mario Badescu is not made with rosewater as advertised, but rather with extract from an entirely different flower.

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The 17-page false advertising lawsuit claims that the Mario Badescu Skincare Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs, and Rosewater is mislabeled, which leads consumers to believe the product contains rosewater, a desirable skincare ingredient, when it does not. The case alleges that the spray is made instead with rosehip extract, which, though derived from a rose variety, is formulated through an entirely different process and provides substantially different skincare benefits.

Rosewater, the complaint explains, is a well-known skincare ingredient to which consumers are drawn due to its natural, gentle properties. The lawsuit relays that rosewater is typically derived from the petals of Rosa damascena and Rosa centifolia rose species, whereby the petals are distilled with steam, and the arising essential oils are separated from the water mixture.

The resulting product is a light, water-based formula with anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits that help with skin irritation and discoloration, the case notes.

Rosehip extract, on the other hand, reportedly comes from the Rosa canina or “dog rose” species and is made by plucking a bud before it blossoms, grinding it into a dry powder, and mixing it with a solvent like ethanol or glycol before filtration, according to the case.

The rosehip byproduct is an oil-based extract, which the complaint maintains is a thicker, “more intensive treatment” one might consider “more akin to a skin moisturizer.”

The case cites the ingredients provided on the facial spray bottle, which list, as one of the last ingredients, Rosa canina bud extract, which is the purported source of rosehip extract. Nowhere on the ingredients list, the case alleges, is any mention of rosewater from other rose petal extracts.

Accordingly, Mario Badescu, as the manufacturer of the product, knows, or should have known, that it misrepresented the actual ingredients of its facial spray on its label, the suit argues.

“Defendant falsely and misleading [sic] labels its Product with the Rosewater Representation placed on the front of the Product packaging intentionally to mislead consumers into believing the Product contains rosewater… because rosewater is a popular and desirable ingredient in skincare,” the case states.

The Mario Badescu facial spray class action lawsuit seeks to represent all individuals who purchased at least one of the products at issue in the United States during the applicable statute of limitations period.

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