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Can you imagine fragrances without citrus, without bergamot, without jasmine, without rose?

Posted by Robin on 18 July 2023 10 Comments

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.

Their intrinsic properties

Posted by Robin on 24 May 2023 6 Comments

The ‘challenge’ that the sector currently faces is that under proposed EU rules, fragrance ingredients will no longer be regulated on the basis of their dose, exposure and end use, but rather on their intrinsic properties. This is to say, they could be restricted because of what they contain not because of how they are meant to be used.

Such an approach, if implemented without consideration for the specific characteristics of fragrance could hammer entire olfactive families. These families make up the scents known and loved by consumers around the world, and their absence would be felt – and smelled!

— Read more in Building a future for European fragrance in a time of changing rules at EURACTIV.

A larger-than-usual number of bans, restrictions and specifications

Posted by Robin on 22 April 2021 3 Comments

Then in 2020, the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), the industry’s self-regulatory body, imposed a larger-than-usual number of bans, restrictions and specifications (such as purity criteria) on ingredients, with implementation required by early this May for new creations, and by May 10 next year for existing perfumes. (An estimated 80 to 90 percent of the perfume industry are members of IFRA and follow its standards.)

— Read more in A Big Stink in the World of Perfume at The Washington Post Magazine.

It is absurd

Posted by Robin on 23 May 2014 13 Comments

If we ban citral from perfumes, of which certain elements are allergens, we should ban orange juice. It is absurd. We should not ban nature, only learn how to live with it.

— Frederic Malle, talking about new EU regulations concerning allergens in perfume. The regulations, expected to be adopted at the end of this year, will ban oakmoss, tree moss and HICC, an aromachemical used to make lily of the valley fragrances. Nine other aromachemicals, including citral, eugenol and coumarin, are under consideration for restrictions on the level of use. Read more at Perfume industry braces for tough new EU rules at Reuters.

The story of fragrances

Posted by Robin on 4 December 2012 Leave a Comment

A short documentary film (about 18 minutes) from the International Fragrance Association North America (IFRANA): "experts from the fragrance industry reveal how artistry and passion combine with science and technology to create the world's most innovative fragrances and best-selling perfumes." Perfumistas might recognize Christophe Laudamiel and Carlos Benaïm.

(found via Perfumer & Flavorist)

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