2 thoughts on “A Letter To The EU’s Public Consultation On Proposed Amendments To The Cosmetics Regulation

  1. Found your blog via an Amazon book review: it's now bookmarked.

    While I have every sympathy with your comments on freedom, I fear these remarks will be of no interest on this Regulation Committee. My detestation of the EU is largely founded on the interference into every aspect of one's life, & hence the diminishing lack of freedom – a matter of seeming unimportance to the majority of folk.

    It's a technical review, therefore the following points might be deemed interesting:
    How many people have been affected personally & directly by these substances? Over what time period? (In other words, is the whole thing a massive waste of time?)
    What fragrances will be affected by the absence of these materials? Are there any substitutes? How will the substituted fragrances affect potential users? (the law of unintended consequences)
    Will the removal of the suggested chemicals diminish the quality of the frangrance – eg. the keeping quality, or the individual wearability

    Those of us who remember certain fragrances, & find today's versions pale imitations, are aware that fragrance houses change their formulations (mostly, to suit their pockets). I would hope that much behind-the-scenes communications are happening, as this is a secretive industry!

    1. Princess, first of all, thanks very much indeed for stopping by and for bookmarking.

      Yes, I take your point about this being a technical review. I'm hopeful that people who are in a better position than I am to provide quantitative responses to the questions you raise will send their stats to the public consultation. They would certainly be able to paint a very bleak picture of the effects of the proposed amendments: the banning of Lyral and the two other materials would force the reformulation of the vast majority of current perfumes.

      As for the allergic effects of these substances… I have to be given any conclusive info on this by anybody.

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