Cropwatch Jan. 2008 newsletter - click to read

This newsletter has amazing articles by noted aromatherapist Robert Tisserand on essential oil safety issues, Kim Bleiman, President of Berje Inc. speaks on how the aroma industry is being harmed by not fighting back, and Tony Burfield writes on the coumarin safety issue.

Mandy Aftel featured in San Francisco magazine Feb 2008

Click here to view the jpg of the article on Mandy, Natural Perfumers Guild founder. Click on the image to enlarge it for viewing.

Meeting Between Guild member Cropwatch and The Perfume Foundation & the EU Cosmetics Commission Staff, Brussels, July 3rd 2007 click on to read entire article

Guild President Anya McCoy Offers Natural Perfumery Classes Online

Natural perfumes are enjoying a surge in popularity and many wish to try their hand at becoming a natural perfumer. Anya McCoy will be offering an online course to help you begin your training to be a "nose", a creator of fine perfume. Whether you live in Paris or Patagonia, you will be able to access this learning module and enjoy the benefits of an education without having to travel. Please visit
Anya's Garden to learn more.

IFRA/EU Boycott Primer

Click here to download the PDF. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you may download it for free here so you can view the PDF. This will be revised on a regular basis as we have more news to report.

ARTICLES

Cropwatch Newsletter on the Banning of Citrus Oils in Perfumery Click here to download the pdf.

Natural Perfumer Mandy Aftel is interviewed, along with Christophe Laudamiel of IFF on the "natural v. synthetics" issue in the Canandian magazine Flair. PDF format, 700kb each.
Click here for page one.

Click here for page two.

Click here to read: February 19, 2007 Neither lavender oil nor tea tree oil can be linked to breast growth in young boys -- Robert Tisserand

NEWS

Press Releases Issued:

February 19, 2007 - Gynecomastia -- Essential Oils Not Linked to Breast Growth in Young Boys...click here

February 8, 2007 - The call for a boycott against the proposed IFRA 40th Amendment as set forth by Cropwatch in PDF form. For the PR and the accompanying FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) click here