The Europeans have so many things right, and many others wrong. But I am linking what the EU's
scientific committee recommendation to restrict the use of more than 100 perfume ingredients that can potentially cause people to have an allergic reaction. There is a list of perfume ingredients (about a hundred) that can potentially cause people to have an allergic reaction. That's why they tell you not to go to a job interview wearing fragrance.
The committee has even gone further and recommended an complete ban on tree moss and oak moss, an ingredient in the popular French perfume Chanel No. 5, you know the one many celebrities and fashion-minded folks adore so very much.
This is early but the proposals are being made by the EU's scientific committee on consumer safety which is made up over a dozen experts tasked, with among other things, bringing forward opinions on the health and safety risks of ingredients found in cosmetic products. I admire them for their diligent, but I doubt they have put control over some of those mega beauty companies who call Europe home.
According to Stephen Weller, a spokesperson for the International Fragrance Association, told CBC News that if adopted, the changes could affect almost all of the world’s 9,000 perfume products. That means your favorite scent might be banned or weakened as a result of those regulations. But the good news, people around you may have lesser of an allergic reaction.
"It would have a serious impact on fine fragrance in particular, but almost across the board almost every formula would have to be reformulated," Weller said.
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