Department of Perfumery and Cosmetic Products Quality Studies

The main goal is monitoring quality and safety of perfumery, cosmetics and household chemistry, testing their health effects and composing guides on their use.

Activity Areas:
  • Detecting substances which may harm the environment and human health;
  • Introducing and validating methods of perfumery and cosmetic products quality and safety control;
  • Composing recommendations on better quality and safety of household chemistry and perfumery-cosmetic products.
Characteristics, evaluated by the Department
  • Organoleptic characteristics;
  • Physical-chemical characteristics (pH, water weight fraction, surface active materials, water solubility, acid value);
  • Defining weight fraction of heavy metals by atomic absorption spectroscopy;