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Publications

Explore our comprehensive collection of resources, including brochures, guidance documents, position papers, reports, scientific publications, and a gallery of visual content.

Past Information letters (prior to June 2025)

This is a repository of relevant IFRA Information Letters from previous years, in which you can find details on developments relevant to IFRA’s work.
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Complete IFRA Standards (Up to and including the 51th amendment)

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NCS TF
Natural Definition

IFRA NCS TF Natural Definition

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Analytical
methods

Analytical methods

IFRA issues a series of guidance documents to support its members in their work – helping them to ensure the continued safe use and enjoyment of fragrance materials in a way that respects health and the environment.A selection of public guidance documents is on the link below.
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White Paper
on biodegradability

IFRA white paper on selected criteria for supporting biodegradability statements pertaining to fragrance ingredients along the supply chain

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REACH
for Fragrance Substances

REACH for Fragrance Substances

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Procedure to derive
NCS compositional data

Procedure to derive NCS compositional data

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IFRA Code of Practice

Its mission is to promote the safe use of fragrance ingredients and mixtures for everyone’s enjoyment. The IFRA Code of Practice is the fragrance industry’s commitment to ensuring best practice in our industry. It applies to all IFRA members worldwide. Our Code covers the manufacture and handling of all fragrance ingredients and mixtures and all types of applications, in so far as these are covered by safety assessments conducted by the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) and consequently fall within scope of the IFRA Standards
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Nagoya Protocol guidance documents

The IFRA-IOFI Guidance document and its Annexes (see links below) help companies navigate the wide variety of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regulations that have arisen worldwide.
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IFRA Fragrance Ingredient Glossary

The IFRA Fragrance Ingredient Glossary is a harmonized glossary of positive olfactory descriptors of fragrance ingredients using simple terms and language.
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EFEO-IFRA Guidelines
on the Environmental Assessment of NCS

EFEO-IFRA Guidelines on the Environmental Assessment of Natural Complex Substances (NCS)

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