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Why is perfumery regulated? Who decides? In this class, Michael Nordstrand explores perfume regulation and how it affects your practice.

We will start the class discussing the rationale behind the origin of regulation and its importance to perfumed products, industry professionals, indie perfumers, and consumers. We will answer fundamental questions about regulatory bodies and their involvement in the industry. What is their function and what are their goals? Who are the main players in regulation and how do they decide what materials or products require regulation?

We will then move on to cover what regulation means for your product(s), covering information about how regulation works, from producer to consumer. We will cover marketing terms like safe, green, blue, circular, sustainable, upcycled, carbon neutral, natural, eco-friendly, vegan, etc. and how these claims are evaluated, certified, and supported (or not supported) by regulatory bodies.

Finally, we will review the IFRA standards library, with a short demonstration of how to navigate the library, read the standards, and apply them to your formulation practise. Using that information, the class will have a look at two formulas. We will check for compliance issues, flagging materials for correct maximum amounts based on the percentage of fragrance in the final product and the category into which that product fits.