L’Oréal chief executive officer Nicolas Hieronimus has always had an affinity for fragrance. But rather than take a victory lap while being inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Fragrance Foundation awards in New York on June 15, he used the time onstage to give an impassioned rallying cry.
[...] “In Europe, and by extension in other places like California, there are regulations being worked on with very little scientific background and with hasty decisions that may limit considerably the access to many raw materials, particularly naturals,” continued Hieronimus.
“Can you imagine fragrances without citrus, without bergamot, without jasmine, without rose?
— Read more in Fragrance Ingredients Are at Risk in the European Union at Women's Wear Daily via Yahoo.
Good for him! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It’s about time someone stood up & talked about it! Use the bully pulpit, I say.
Unlike w/ the IFRA restrictions, lots & lots of people are speaking out about the proposed EU rules…so he’s neither the first nor the last.
Oh, I was thinking that this did have to do with IFRA restrictions, too. Thanks, Robin. Do you have a theory as to why people aren’t speaking out about the IFRA decisions?
The IFRA restrictions come from inside the fragrance industry, and have always been geared towards preventing exactly this sort of situation…in other words, self regulation to prevent outside regulation.
Also, they are essentially voluntary. They do not have the force of law. I believe members of IFRA do all adhere to them.
So you’re not likely to hear perfume industry people complaining about them openly.
This is different…this was originally the EU making much more widespread restrictions, and restricting materials regardless of concentration in the final formula.
Oh, ok, I understand now. 💡
Thanks again!
Is this as crazy as it sounds? It is, right? Because it sounds like they are going harder than they did in 2014. Which was a bummer then.
You mean the 2014 IFRA standards, right? This is the EU. And yes, it’s as crazy as it sounds, although I think already unlikely that it will be as bad as it could be.
I do, thank you! I hope they do turn it around. I can’t quite wrap my head around what they want to do. Remove natural ingredients? Restrict them? Add warning labels?
All of the above, depending on the material.
This is like regulators deciding what can go into ice cream flavors. No consumers will be pleased by making things less tasty!