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What does the future hold for palm oil in cosmetics?

During the 5th edition of the Lipids & Cosmetics Congress, held on January 28 and 29, 2026, a round table discussion was organized on the theme “Palm oil: what does the future hold?” Hervé Plessis, CEO of Stéarinerie Dubois, Philippe Guariloff of Chanel, Julie Cortal of Nopalm Ingredients, Antoine Piccirilli, Scientific Director of La Fabrique Végétale, and Marie-Odile Hecht, Director of Cosmoya, outlined possible answers to this question.

MoCRA enforcement in the USA: a status update

It is two years old, but the implementation of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), the regulatory framework for cosmetics in the United States, has not yet reached full maturity. Some rules are still missing, while the implications of those already in effect can be measured. At the 23rd Cosmetic Valley Regulatory Issues - Fragrances & Cosmetics Congress held on November 19 a...

A world tour of allergen labelling

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held on 19 and 20 November 2025, Linh de Beaucorps and Juliette Blès from FEBEA revisited the issue of international acceptance of mandatory European labelling for “new” allergens, providing an update on the situation in different countries and geographical areas.

Fragrance ingredients under the spotlight

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held by Cosmetic Valley on November 19 and 20, 2025, Frédéric Lebreux, Head of Human Safety Sciences at Givaudan, presented an overview of fragrance ingredients “under the spotlight” in Europe, whether or not they are targeted for classification as CMRs.

Some information about IFRA 52

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held on November 19 and 20, 2025, Frédéric Lebreux, Head of Human Safety Sciences at Givaudan, presented an overview of fragrance ingredients “under the spotlight,” whose conditions of use are set to change or which are threatened with prohibition. He began by providing an overview of the upcoming changes to IFRA Standards.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Solid cosmetics: regulatory points of vigilance

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The concept is not strictly speaking new: one of the “oldest” cosmetic products, soap, has been in solid form since the dawn of time. But this trendy ...

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Covid-19: what impact on the future of the fragrance industry?

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For more than a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the perfume sector, and in particular fine fragrances. Beyond the necessary battle t...

Monday, March 22, 2021

Introduction to solid cosmetics

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Shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste… everything goes in solid format. This trend, which has been very fashionable for the past few years, is becoming more...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Cosmetic trends seen through the prism of claims

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Very often, the claims made by a cosmetic product are decisive in the act of purchase. They are therefore crucial… but they are also regulated! During...

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

British post-Brexit cosmetics regulations

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Since 1 January 2021, following the agreement concluded in extremis between the United Kingdom and the European Union, all the effects of Brexit have ...

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

A history of stressed skin

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According to the World Health Organization, stress will become the skin’s number one enemy by 2030. But exactly what kind of stress are we talking abo...

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Cosmetics: a question of humanity?

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The pandemic has highlighted the need for contact, reassurance and support. And it is not insignificant if the word “human” is increasingly used in br...

Monday, February 15, 2021

Why is the qualification of cosmetic raw materials important?

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Are you familiar with this raw material that you are about to incorporate into the formula of your next cosmetic product? Do you have all the necessar...

Monday, February 8, 2021

A history of allergen labelling

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The question of allergens labelling (or, more precisely, of a much larger number of allergens than at present) on cosmetic products has been debated f...

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Cosmetic Trends 2021: time to be positive

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New year, new consumer expectations. Although January begins in an atmosphere that is always very unstable, it seems that the upcoming beauty trends b...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

DGCCRF: Report on controls and outlook for 2021

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During the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics congress, held on 4 and 5 November 2020, Céline Nowak and Sammy Drissi Amraoui, both editors in ch...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Chartres Congress 2020: the Q&A of the control authorities

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After their respective interventions at the Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress of the Cosmetic Valley, which was held on 4 and 5 November 2020, the ANS...