Noticias de IFRA

The truth is sim­ple: fra­gran­ce safety is not left to chan­ce. It is built into the rules, the tes­ting, the assess­ments and the peo­ple who­se job it is to make sure fra­gran­ced pro­ducts are safe to use every day.

A gro­wing num­ber of regions are enga­ging in open, scien­ce-based dis­cus­sions on fra­gran­ce ingredients.

Last week (Novem­ber 2025), IFRA Pre­si­dent Ale­xan­der Mohr and LATAM Regio­nal Mana­ger Eduar­do Valle carried out a series of stra­te­gic enga­ge­ments in Mexi­co City, sup­por­ted by IFRA’s natio­nal asso­cia­tion part­ner ANF­PA. The visit rein­for­ced IFRA’s com­mit­ment to advan­cing coope­ra­tion, regu­la­tory align­ment, and sha­red inno­va­tion across Latin America’s fra­gran­ce value chain.

IFRA is plea­sed to sha­re that Ana Pau­la Men­do­nça, Pre­si­dent of Scent at IFF, has been elec­ted Vice-Chair of the IFRA Board.

IFRA and the Inter­na­tio­nal Society of Per­fu­mer-Crea­tors (ISPC) took part in a cons­truc­ti­ve exchan­ge with Euro­pean Com­mis­sion offi­cials and Mem­ber Sta­tes on 21 Novem­ber at the mee­ting of the Cos­me­tics Pro­ducts Wor­king Group (CPWG) in Brussels.

Last week, the IFRA team took part in the CTFAS Regu­la­tory Forum ear­lier this week, joi­ning regu­la­tors, industry lea­ders and tech­ni­cal spe­cia­lists for a full day focu­sed on the futu­re of cos­me­tics, per­so­nal care and well­ness regu­la­tion across Asia.

The Euro­pean Part­nership for Alter­na­ti­ve Approa­ches to Ani­mal Tes­ting (EPAA) has cele­bra­ted its 20^th anni­ver­sary, high­ligh­ting two deca­des of joint work bet­ween the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion and industry to advan­ce scien­ce-based, ani­mal-free tes­ting methods.

IFRA sup­ports the reform of the Euro­pean Che­mi­cals Agency (ECHA) whi­le empha­si­zing the impor­tan­ce of main­tai­ning inde­pen­dent and expert advi­ce on cos­me­tics safety.

IFRA con­tri­bu­ted to the Euro­pean Commission’s con­sul­ta­tion on the revi­sed Safe and Sus­tai­na­ble by Design (SSbD) fra­me­work, empha­si­zing the need for cla­rity and prac­ti­ca­lity for com­plex ingre­dients such as fragrances.

Coun­cil nego­tia­tions advan­ce, but key con­cerns remain for the sector.

Gene­ral upda­tes from the field of ingre­dient defen­ce, inclu­ding ace­tophe­no­ne, helio­tro­pi­ne, CLH pro­po­sals on l‑Carvone, spear­mint oil and galaxolide.