For some reason (probably misreading Luca Turin) I was under the impression that IBQ had been banned. Interesting that it’s in a new perfume, and apparently a starring player. Honestly, though, are there any aromachemicals that *don’t* have scary-sounding MSDSs?

Well said, kevtronic!

Sad to say, but some of the perfume sites I used to read regularly have become more like PR than frank reviews.

It seems to happen as people write more for magazines or newspapers. If you’re making a living as a writer, I suppose you can’t be too blunt about the advertisers. We’re really indebted to those who have day jobs and find the time to write out of their love for perfume.

Thank you!

I rank Now Smell This as one of the best perfume review websites, so they ought be reading the reviews here! And I think perfumers and those in the perfume industry do read the reviews. The reviews written by u, Robin, Angela and Jessica here are sensible, unpretentious and easy to read!!

Kev: I doubt they’ll see it…and I bet if they do see it, they’ll be unfazed.

do u worry that Frederic or Jean-Claude will see this negative-ish review, and that it may hurt their feelings?

I believe the safety sheet refers to pure undiluted IBQ, and the safety warnings are for those technicians dealing directly with the pure material. The IBQ used in perfume, especially when it’s diluted as an EDP, is far far far from that. And I don’t think FM would be able to sell this perfume legally if it wasn’t IFRA-conforming. So I don’t think there’s any danger in using Rose & Cuir. If it was that dangerous in perfume I would have died several lifetimes from wearing my vintage Bandits.

Haha, fair enough! Actually a good point that often natural ingredients often have much more allergenic potential than many synthetics. I just used orange oil as an example because it’s something that we come into contact with in small doses in our daily life (whenever you peel an orange) and never worry about, but the msds still looks quite scary.

Oh! Quinoline is prohibited. But Quinoline is different than Iso Butyl Quinoline, IBQ has that iso butyl group, and it is not restricted by ifra 🙂