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Singapore, 15 October 2025 – The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) opened the Global Fragrance Summit 2025 in Singapore today. The two-day meeting brings regulators, scientists and industry leaders together under the theme Scent connections – advancing standards and collaboration across cultures. The program on day one focused on global standards, ingredient defense, regulatory alignment and a specific look at the Asia-Pacific context.

In just one week, fragrance leaders, scientists, and regulators from across the world will convene in Singapore for the IFRA Global Fragrance Summit 2025, taking place on 15 – 16 October at the Fairmont Singapore.

IFRA science experts attended to engage with the latest science on human health, environment, and safety assessment.

This work, conducted under the auspices of IDEA (The International Dialogue for the Evaluation of Allergens), presents an expanded Reference Chemical Potency List (RCPL) with 77 additional chemicals.

Matthias Vey, Vice President of Scientific Affairs, IFRA, had the honour and pleasure to address IFRA UK members during the information day on September 11, 2025.

The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) was honored to be invited to the recent gathering of the Chamber of Cosmetics Industry of the Philippines (CCIP), which brought together more than 200 participants from across the beauty and wellness sector.

Matthias Vey, Vice President of Scientific Affairs at IFRA spoke twice on key topics of interest.

IFRA is delighted to invite you to a second public webinar on Preparing for IFRA’s revised policy on furocoumarins.

On July 29, IFRA’s Asia North Senior Advisor Leon Huang, invited by CCIA, delivered a presentation ​‘Fragrance Skin Sensitizers Risk Assessment and Management’, aiming to introduce decades-long efforts of RIFM and IFRA in the risk assessment and management of fragrance skin sensitizers.

Scent connections: Advancing standards and collaboration across cultures

A full-day workshop on fragrance safety and risk assessment took place on 10 July in Seoul , co-hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK), KOTRA, the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM), and IFRA.

Geneva, 10 July 2025 – Latest edition underscores fragrance industry’s commitment to transparency, innovation and consumer safety