When the original board members of the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) drafted the organization’s Bylaws in 1967, they ensured the objectivity of RIFM’s research, in part, by establishing the Expert Panel for Fragrance Safety, an independent academic panel of dermatologists, toxicologists, chemists, and other scientists with no involvement in the fragrance industry.    More than half a century later, the Expert Panel continues to review all of RIFM’s scientific work. The Pane...