Official: IFRA promotes synthetic fragrances, slams naturals

March 2, 2007

Tony Burfield's recent work challenging IFRA and the EU has forced

them to show their hand, and here is the plain, awful truth:

Funny they cite Calone: it was the first perfume ingredient that ever

caused a respiratory reaction from me. For my entire life, despite

dousing myself in perfumes that yes, contained some synths, when

Calone was introduced, it, and the other harsh synths that followed,

caused both me and a lot of the general public to rebel against

heavy, harsh perfumes. I had no idea what, at that time, had changed

perfume, I just knew everyone was complaining.

Before that, people would complain someone was wearing " too much "

perfume, but after the age of harsh synths came in, governments and

workplaces started banning perfumes. It's not the naturals, it's the

harsh synths, and yet IFRA is promoting them. Too much oakmoss, used

by an imprudent perfumer, can cause a rash and sensitization: too

much calone and other synths can cause severe respiratory distress,

watering eyes, etc.

This HAS to be a wake up call for all of us. I spoke with someone in

the Cosmetics industry yesterday who recently attended a workshop on

California's Prop 65 that limits perfume ingredients. The packed room

of 150 industry insiders had NO idea that IFRA/EU and Global

Harmonization are coming our way. They are scared silly and just

starting to muster responses to it all. I'll be networking more and

more over the next few months to build a coalition to address a fair

and sensible way to counteract this bureaucracy that aims to put

naturals out of the market.

Just when naturals are gaining in popularity, the very growers and

distillers, suppliers and manufacturers of these materials can be

shut down or have their business severely curtailed. Very sobering,

scary stuff.

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