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Naturals: The Case for Natural Personal Care Standards

The growth in natural and organic personal care products has resulted in a need for logical, practical and achievable standards. Conventional wisdom would tell us that the name of a product and the ingredients used to make that product are meaningful and truthful as reflected on the product label. But the fact is labeling cosmetics often depends entirely on the manufacturer.

Jeana Wirtenberg (Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Jeana Wirtenberg & Associates)

Sustainability and the Natural/Organic Personal Care Market: WFFC Business Dinner

Jeana Wirtenberg of the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Jeana Wirtenberg & Associates presented her talk, “Sustainability: Forging a Path to a Brighter Future,” during Women in Flavor and Fragrance Commerce’s annual business meeting.

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Cinnamyl acetate EU natural – potential from high quality natural ingredients [sample request]

At Techvina, we're passionate about providing the highest quality natural ingredients. Our production process of Cinnamyl Acetate Natural from Cassia Oil uses a modern fractional distillation system that provides the highest recovery efficiency.

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Fragrance Issues: Defining “Natural”

As the first personal care products bearing the Natural Products Association’s seal hit store shelves, an assessment of “natural” fragrances in personal care

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Forward Thinking: The Natural Evolution

Scrutinizing labels is the new norm, and consumers continue to be increasingly selective about the ingredients that they will use in their products. This has led to many innovations in natural skincare, deodorant, hair care and fine fragrance products.

Natural and Organic: the Emerging Revolution

What’s driving the biggest dynamic shift in the F&F industry? Imagine a world in which the price of gasoline is 25 cents a gallon, where Starbucks Frappuccinos are nutritious and contain no calories, and you actually like your mother-in-law. Unrealistic, perhaps, but for those involved in the organic world, and organic personal care specifically, the announcement in August 2005 that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow for USDA certification of personal care products was received with equal disbelief.

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Formulating with Natural and Organic Fragrances

The explosive growth in natural and organic personal care products during the last few years reflects a changing society and a concern about what people put into their bodies. There isn't a day that goes by where one doesn't see some reference to the word "natural" or "organic," either in the form of an ad, article or consumer study for food and personal care products.

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Topics in Perfumery: Creating Effective Natural Fragrances

What’s driving the contemporary fragrance consumer and how perfumers can overcome obstacles to deliver on the promise of “natural”. “As we stand at the brink of a second nuclear age and a period of unprecedented climate change,” the Cambridge cosmologist Stephen Hawking recently stated, “scientists have a special responsibility, once again, to inform the public and to advise leaders about the perils that humanity faces.” With dire predictions such as this and the realities of life, no wonder that there exists an atmosphere of stress and anxiety throughout society.

Comparing Notes: Complexity, Performance and Natural Effects

Perfumers Olivia Jan and Donna Ramanauskas discuss guaiacwood, jasmine sambac and oxathiane for fine fragrance, personal care and consumer product applications.

Natural Personal Care: Marching Forward in a Period of Uncertainty

Exploring the challenges facing natural brands and their suppliers as consumers tighten their belts.

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OQEMA adds Oud to its Naturals and Essential Oils Range

With its traditional roots and expanding popularity, oud oil is becoming a common ingredient in cosmetics, personal care and fine fragrance products.

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Fragrance Creation: Fragrances for Natural and Certified Organic Personal Care Products

The link between fragrance and health in personal care product development. A recent article in Woman’s Wear Daily reported that organic brands and products based on sustainable resources have become one of the fastest-growing segments in beauty care. In fact, according to the Organic Trade Association, sales of US organic personal care products grew 28% to $282 million in 2005.

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