China

Fra­gran­ce in a chan­ging mar­ket
Con­su­mer pre­fe­ren­ces in Chi­na are beco­ming more sophis­ti­ca­ted, with inter­est in pre­mium scents, natu­ral ingre­dients, and pro­duct safety. This is dri­ving inno­va­tion across the value chain — from local per­fu­mery to mul­ti­na­tio­nal for­mu­la­tion. Domes­tic and inter­na­tio­nal brands are inves­ting in tai­lo­red fra­gran­ce solu­tions to meet the­se evol­ving expectations.

Che­mi­cals and cos­me­tics regu­la­tion
Fra­gran­ce mate­rials are pri­ma­rily regu­la­ted under China’s ove­rar­ching che­mi­cal and cos­me­tics fra­me­works, inclu­ding upda­tes under the Mea­su­res for the Envi­ron­men­tal Mana­ge­ment of New Che­mi­cal Subs­tan­ces and the Cos­me­tic Super­vi­sion and Admi­nis­tra­tion Regu­la­tion (CSAR). The­se fra­me­works con­ti­nue to deve­lop, with increa­sed data requi­re­ments and safety eva­lua­tions for ingredients.

IFRA’s pre­sen­ce and enga­ge­ment
IFRA works with local part­ners, industry sta­kehol­ders and autho­ri­ties to sha­re glo­bal best prac­ti­ces, offer tech­ni­cal insights, and sup­port scien­ce-based deci­sion-making. We aim to help ensu­re that fra­gran­ce regu­la­tion in Chi­na reflects both the country’s uni­que mar­ket con­text and the prin­ci­ples of safe, sus­tai­na­ble ingre­dient use.