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Thirty stu­dents from Hin­du College’s per­fu­mery pro­gram have star­ted an eight-week internship across part­ner industry sites, gai­ning hands-on expe­rien­ce across the fra­gran­ce and per­fu­mery value chain.

On 29 May 2025, IFRA, repre­sen­ted by Caro­li­ne Li as IFRA APAC Direc­tor, Shelly Yang as IFRA Chi­na Wor­king Group Lea­der, and Leon Huang as Senior Advi­sor, visi­ted the Chi­na Asso­cia­tion of Fra­gran­ce Fla­vor and Cos­me­tic Indus­tries (CAFF­CI)

On 29 May 2025, Caro­li­ne Li led an IFRA dele­ga­tion to visit the Chi­na Coatings Industry Asso­cia­tion (CCIA), mar­king another regu­lar exchan­ge follo­wing her Decem­ber visit.

IFRA Pre­si­dent meets with natio­nal association

IFRA Glo­bal Fra­gran­ce Sum­mit 2025 – Scent Con­nec­tions: early pro­gram highlights

India’s amen­ded Bio­di­ver­sity Act (2023) and new Bio­di­ver­sity Rules (2024) are awai­ting ope­ra­tio­nal gui­de­li­nes from the Natio­nal Bio­di­ver­sity Autho­rity (NBA).

Gene­va, 27 January 2025 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) has today laun­ched its Annual Report 2024 in video for­mat, show­ca­sing sig­ni­fi­cant achie­ve­ments in sus­tai­na­bi­lity, scien­ti­fic inno­va­tion, and safety stan­dards across the glo­bal fra­gran­ce industry. The video report is now avai­la­ble at www​.ifraan​nual​re​port​.com and pro­vi­des an enga­ging over­view of IFRA’s efforts and miles­to­nes from the past year.

Gene­va, 2 April 2024 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) today announ­ced the appoint­ment of Caro­li­ne Li as the new Regio­nal Direc­tor for the Asia Paci­fic (APAC) Region, effec­ti­ve imme­dia­tely. Dr Li suc­ceeds Roha­ya Mamat, IFRA’s stra­te­gic initia­ti­ves in this key growth region.

Jakar­ta, 7 March 2023 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA), together with the Indo­ne­sian Essen­tial Oil Coun­cil (DAI) and the Indo­ne­sian Fla­vor and Fra­grant Asso­cia­tion (AFFI), have for­med a part­nership to deve­lop and docu­ment a best prac­ti­ce case study for res­pon­si­ble sour­cing of pat­chou­li in Indonesia.