Perfume makers fear EU legal blow to the industry

PARIS (Reuters) - Perfume makers from the European Commission, any legislation they fear could kill limit to perfumes natural ingredients linked to allergies demand shrink, say industry sources. Louis Vuitton Leather Wallets Luxury brands are concerned that the EU could force them to change the formula for the perfume industry premium of 24.3 billion dollars (15 billion euros), change some of the most iconic fragrances of the world such as Chanel No. 5, created in 1921. Hundreds of fragrances, including Miss Dior and Guerlain perfumes many, it should be reworded if the EU executive issued the recommendations in the law in July by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). The companies say that the perfume brands would never be the same track will be perfumers and designers left for the future with a much smaller range of ingredients. "It would be the end of beautiful fragrances, when we could not use the ingredients," Fran?oise Montenay, non-executive chairman of Chanel, the Reuters news agency said in a telephone interview. The Committee believes that 1-3 percent of people in Europe found potentially allergic or allergic to the ingredients in perfumes - a number which he holds high enough to warrant interest. "All citizens are entitled to the same protection" SCCS Working Group Chairman, Ian White, Institute of Dermatology, St John London, told Reuters. He recommended that the concentration reduction of 12 substances - including citral, found in oils of lemon and tangerine, coumarin, found in tropical tonka beans, eugenol found in rose oil - 0.01 percent of the finished product. And he proposed a total ban on tree moss and oak moss, woody base notes the striking features in No.5 Chanel and Dior Miss Dior. "(These ingredients are) the backbone of about 90 percent of luxury perfumes," said Pierre Sivac, president of the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), International Flavors & Fragrances, whose membership of America and Switzerland, Givaudan. Health and Consumers of the European Commission Directorate-General told Reuters it was in discussions with all stakeholders, including perfume, to assess the recommendations CSAS and its potential impact on the industry. "Given the SCCS opinion began, the Commission implement regulatory measures to scientific advice in the cosmetics legislation and to ensure adequate protection of consumers think," said the Commission. HERITAGE IN PLAY The impact would be felt by large luxury groups like LVMH, which owns Dior and Guerlain, in hundreds of small producers in the world. "It is important to preserve Europe's cultural heritage olfactory" LVMH said in a statement sent by e-mail, however, recognized the benefit of consumers a "major concern." Any new legislation limiting the use of natural scents perfume would. Implications for producers like Givaudan and Firmenich and Symrise as Germany, Japan and Takasago Robertet in the city perfume production in Grasse, France Industry sources said they expected legislative proposals in January 2014. However, the Commission declined to comment on a timetable for possible legislation. Professional organizations, including the IFRA and Cosmetics Europe, whose members produce perfumes and cosmetics companies like LVMH, a joint proposal by the Commission to the industry by the end of 2012, the same industry sources said.