Let’s talk about… IFRA guidelines

We invest heavily in compliance software and training to ensure that home fragrance products remain legal.

With these facilities in place, we can use them to either ensure that products made in the UK/EU and/or imported into the country are legal, with the CLP [Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals] and SDS [Safety Data Sheets] in place for the distributor, or help UK or EU-based companies to comply. It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with, or cause another person to fail to comply with, their duties under the UK Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals Regulation (GB CLP).

While fragrance companies may give the SDS and CLP details for individual products and oils at a certain dose, the situation becomes more complex when the candle or reed manufacturer needs to supply to the shops a SDS within 24 to 48 hours after being asked for it. It may even be required by Trading Standards for insurance companies to prove that their products are legal and within safe chemical limits.

We can review the materials and produce SDS and CLP documents and advise in the company’s own names - both for bulk oil if they want to resell it, and also for the final product. This is particularly useful when companies blend a number of oils together and they don’t hold a definitive SDS for all oils combined.

We have found a few companies when blending oils don’t know that they are overdosing on certain materials against IFRA50 guidelines. IFRA50th is the current guidance from the International Fragrance Association for chemical uses. The IFRA standards ban, limit or set criteria for the use of certain ingredients, based on scientific evidence and consumer insights.

For a reasonable fee structure to cover our time and Investment, we can offer to create these documents and work alongside the customer. Services can include translating into many languages and creating zip files for uploading to the European portal. We can even host on our portal to the customer’s formula SDS and CLP details, for sharing by a link.

What legal information must products have?

When we print labels for your products, we will also print the brand trading name, address and product weight or volume, in addition to the legal information. This has to be on the back of boxes and unboxed products, plus on the vessel holding the candle or reed.

Due to Trading Standards regulations, the CLP, safety and traceability information has to be visible on the outer packaging when the product is placed normally on a shelf for display. The CLP information is about the chemical components in essential and fragrance oils in products regarding their safe handling and disposal. We will alter your artwork where it is necessary to be compliant with these rules and regulations.

We have more than 25 years of experience in creating bespoke products and labels for wholesale businessea - big and small. Whether you’re ordering candles, reed diffusers, incense or any other products on our website, our talented label team will work closely with you to create bespoke labels so that your products look like your own brand.

To take advantage of our free bespoke label service, send us your business logo, font and colour requirements, and your designated designer will work to meet your brief. Please note, we will work with your pre-designed logo and colour choices. Before we print your new labels, you will be sent digital versions to sign off.

We are dedicated to all our customers. Whether you’re selling gifts in a small boutique or buying to supply a chain of stores, we will create all products to the same high standards.

We have decades of experience in contract filling and all our production is scalable, with capacity to pour over 3,000 scented candles and reed diffusers a day.

All production is carried out in our Wiltshire-based facility, which is largely powered by solar energy, where we employ local staff who are paid above the living wage.

Whether you choose to take products poured in our extensive catalogue of vessels or would like your own pots, bottles or glasses filled, we will ensure that you can deliver a safe, luxury product to your customers and clients.

We work daily with many luxury highprofile and well-known businesses, in sectors ranging from high street chains to nationwide charities, and hotel chains to national garden centre groups.