(n.) An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
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Perfumery
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(n.) Perfumes, in general.
(n.) The art of preparing perfumes.
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(1) 10 coumarins used in perfumery, cosmetics and ointments, have been investigated by 2 different methods to determine their sensitizing capacity.
(2) In a democracy, businesses should be responsible, accountable and transparent to their customers; most of whom will be horrified to learn about the damage their face scrubs are doing to the environment.” The brands will be represented at the hearing by John Chave, director general, Cosmetics Europe and Dr Chris Flower, director general of the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Perfumery Association.
(3) But marine life doesn’t distinguish between plastic from a face wash and plastic from a washing detergent, so it makes no sense for this ban to be limited to some products and not others, as is currently proposed.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest How the microbead ban could help solve a massive problem The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association, which represents the industry, said it was not surprised by the ban, but did not understand why it had been singled out, given other plastic rubbish dumped in the oceans.
(4) A cohort of 537 workers employed for less than one year between 1900 and 1964 in the Geneva perfumery industry was followed up from entry to the end of 1983.
(5) 9 coumarins used as chemical reagents, laser dyes, in perfumery, cosmetics or occurring naturally, were investigated experimentally in guinea pigs to determine their contact sensitizing capacity.
(6) Non-human mammalian pheromones are commonly used as perfumery ingredients.
(7) We think we are a responsible industry and we want to do the right thing.” Zac Goldsmith MP disagreed: “I am trying to understand why as a trade body would you be so strongly opposed to a ban and I can’t think of any reason other than the fact that the industry is perhaps not as committed as you imply.” Another MP, Peter Heaton-Jones, said the lack of labelling of products was a serious problem: “The consumer has no way of knowing whether that box or tube or bottle of stuff that he or she is about to buy contains microbeads or not.” Chris Flower, director general of the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Perfumery Association, which represents the UK industry, said: “The practical side of [labelling] may be extremely difficult to implement.” Loopholes in the voluntary pledges made by the cosmetics manufacturers were also raised by MPs, based on evidence submitted by campaigners.
(8) Marine life can be harmed by any type of plastic reaching our oceans, so if it’s a solid, a plastic and in a product that goes down the drain, it shouldn’t be there.” Christopher Flower, the director-general of the UK’s Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association , said: “The cosmetics industry is taking this issue extremely seriously and is very much aware of its responsibilities to its customers and the environment.” He said the European personal care association, Cosmetics Europe, has issued a recommendation to end the use of “synthetic, solid plastic particles used for exfoliating and cleansing that are non-biodegradable in the marine environment” by 2020.
(9) The factory was on an industrial estate near the airport in Shanghai, surrounded by plants churning out legitimate chemicals for the agricultural, perfumery and pharmaceutical trades.
(10) An analysis has been made of the mortality and cancer incidence of 1168 workers who entered the three factories of the perfumery industry of the Canton of Geneva from their establishment at the turn of the century to the end of 1964.
(11) 5 coumarins used in perfumery, cosmetics, therapeutic ointments or occurring naturally were investigated by Freund's complete adjuvant technique (FCAT) in guinea pigs to determine their contact sensitizing potency.
(12) It seems likely that implementation of this approach will constitute an important paradigm in the perfume industry as perfumery moves from the realm of art to that of science.
(13) Chris Flower of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association said a full safety assessment of every cosmetic product and its ingredients was undertaken before a product could go on the market and, by law, all of the ingredients in a cosmetic product had to be listed on its packaging.