Anti-counterfeiting & forensic consulting
FL·2026
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The scentof legality
A forensic laboratory dedicated to perfumery and cosmetics. From doubt to proof, with a method you can read before you commission it.
Court expert reg. no. 443
2026 · Forensis Lab · Palermo
The problem
Counterfeiting in beauty is a parallel market
It has moved from marketplaces to social platforms, and it reaches the health of whoever buys.
3bn €
lost every year by the cosmetics sector across the EU
Source · EUIPO
260m €
estimated lost sales in Italy alone, 3.1% of the sector's sales
Source · EUIPO
56%
of border seizures are linked to online purchases
Source · Italian Customs
120,000items
cosmetics seized in one year by Customs and the Guardia di Finanza
Source · GdF
Note · health
A fake is not only damage to a trademark: non-compliant products can contain undeclared substances that are potentially harmful to health: allergens, solvents, heavy metals.
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products03 · Taking custody
The doubt becomes an exhibit
Eight required shots, with lighting and scale set by protocol. From here on the object is no longer a product: it is a sample with a number.
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Three levels of analysis, one forensic standard
You go up a level only when you need to, and every step produces a document that stands on its own.
AI analysis
24/48 hoursThe sample stays where it is; the images travel. Working from a standardised photographic record of eight required shots, with lighting and scale set by protocol, an automated AI screening compares typography, alignment, finishing, batch code consistency and the integrity of the cellophane against the brand references; the expert validates the outcome. This level closes obvious cases quickly and decides whether going further is worth it. The examination identifies elements of compatibility, visible anomalies or discrepancies; the absence of photographic anomalies is not, by itself, absolute proof of authenticity.
What is checked
- 01Label typography and colour
- 02Geometry of collar and cap
- 03Batch code against the brand's own format
- 04Cellophane seal and weave
- 05Mandatory symbols and responsible-person details
- 06EAN / reference match
Outcome
L1 report with findings and the photographic record attached.
AI analysis
24/48 hoursThe sample stays where it is; the images travel. Working from a standardised photographic record of eight required shots, with lighting and scale set by protocol, an automated AI screening compares typography, alignment, finishing, batch code consistency and the integrity of the cellophane against the brand references; the expert validates the outcome. This level closes obvious cases quickly and decides whether going further is worth it. The examination identifies elements of compatibility, visible anomalies or discrepancies; the absence of photographic anomalies is not, by itself, absolute proof of authenticity.
What is checked
- 01Label typography and colour
- 02Geometry of collar and cap
- 03Batch code against the brand's own format
- 04Cellophane seal and weave
- 05Mandatory symbols and responsible-person details
- 06EAN / reference match
Outcome
L1 report with findings and the photographic record attached.
Physical examination
3/5 daysThe sample comes into the laboratory and is compared against a genuine reference item. We measure: weight, volume, collar tolerances, cap extraction force, glass thickness, board weight and fibre. Differences are measured and documented, making the comparison technically reproducible and usable within the expert assessment.
What is checked
- 01Direct comparison with a genuine reference item
- 02Dimensional measurement with digital calipers
- 03Gross and net weight, actual volume
- 04Analysis of the board substrate
- 05Engraving, screen printing and embossing
- 06Examination under raking light and UV
Outcome
L2 report with a comparative table of measurements and deviations.
Chemical analysis
7/10 daysGas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, carried out through certified partner laboratories, separates the juice into its components and returns its profile: a chromatogram is a fragrance's fingerprint. Compared against the genuine profile it shows absent peaks, foreign peaks and altered ratios. This is where industrial solvents and undeclared allergens surface.
What is checked
- 01Sample preparation and dilution
- 02Chromatographic separation and spectrometric identification of the compounds
- 03Comparison against the reference profile
- 04Detection of foreign compounds
- 05Targeted screening for substances and markers of interest, according to the technical brief and the applicable method
- 06Quantification of area ratios
Outcome
L3 report with comparative chromatogram, peak table and conclusions.
L3 · gas chromatograph
A fragrance has a fingerprint
The gas chromatograph separates it into its components; the mass spectrometer identifies them. Laid over the original's profile, the difference stops being an opinion.
Drag along the retention time
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- Composto
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- Reference profile
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- Sample under examination
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- Reference profile
- Sample under examination
- RT 10.85 · foreign
The platform
Forensis Lab Verify™: verification goes digital
The doubt almost always begins in front of a screen, after an online purchase. Forensis Lab Verify™ brings the laboratory into that moment: eight guided shots, a pre-analysis that explains itself, and a report with a verifiable QR code, recorded on a blockchain to guarantee its integrity and security.
- 01Upload photosEight guided shots of the product and packaging.
- 02DetailsReference, purchase channel, price, date.
- 03SummaryCompleteness of the record and the level proposed.
- 04Forensic analysisAssisted pre-analysis and laboratory intake.
- 05ResultNumbered report with a public verification QR code, recorded on a blockchain.
Forensis Lab Verify™
Caso 2026-0418
Repertorio foto
01 · Tappo e collare
6×
+ Carica
- Marchio
- Confermato
- Codice lotto
- Difforme
- Livello richiesto
- L3 · gascromatografo
Pre-analisi completata. Il caso è stato inoltrato al laboratorio per la verifica strumentale.
Tracciamento
- Richiesta aperta18.04 · 09:12
- Repertorio foto acquisito18.04 · 10:26
- Pre-analisi completata18.04 · 11:40
- In laboratorio · L318.04 · 16:05
Referto
FL·443/26·L3
Verifica QR di autenticità
Forensis Lab Verify™ · The platform
Protocollo aperto
An expert report nobody can check is not an expert report
The Forensis Lab method is published. Anyone receiving our report can verify its form and integrity without asking us for anything. It is the laboratory's institutional signature.
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The method is published
Every level of analysis has a written, numbered, dated protocol. Anyone receiving our report can read exactly how it was produced, before even commissioning it.
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The report schema is open
The report is not just a PDF: it is a structured document with a public schema. Anyone can read it with their own tools, index it, compare it with others, check its required fields.
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Verification is independent
Every report carries a cryptographic fingerprint computed over its contents. Checking does not go through us: you recompute the fingerprint and compare. An altered report stops matching.
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Revisions are tracked
Protocols change when counterfeiting changes. Every version stays available with its date and its amendments: a 2026 report must be read against the 2026 protocol.
What we do
Four lines of service
From court-admissible reports to defending a trademark on the parallel market.
The laboratory's molecules
Swipe between the molecules and tap the name to open the card
- Molecule
- Select a molecule
- Type
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- Fields
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Note · social initiatives
Education on legality and training: programmes in schools, run together with law enforcement, brands and trade associations.
06 · The proof
From suspicion to proof
A numbered report, signed by a court-registered expert, carrying a fingerprint anyone can recompute.
Verify a reportFL-443-26-L3-9F2A
L3 · 18 aprile 2026
Contraffazione accertata
Demonstration case · simulated data
- 01Marcatori attesi assenti (RT 18.64, RT 22.10)alta
- 02Composto estraneo a RT 10.85 · dietilftalatoalta
- 03Prezzo incompatibile con il canale legittimoalta
- 04Formato del codice lotto non conformemedia
- 05Sigillo e cellophane non integrimedia
SHA-256
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The founder
Alessandro Pette
Court-registered expert for counterfeit perfumes and cosmetics: a specialisation with no known precedent in the Italian court registers.
- I.Registered on the register of court experts, Tribunal of Palermo, no. 4432026
- II.Twenty years of experience as judicial police auxiliary for prosecutors and law enforcementsince 2006
- III.Trainer for law enforcement, customs and prosecutorsongoing
- IV.27 years of experience in the perfume industrysince 1999
Albo periti n. 443
Tribunale di Palermo · 2026
The manifesto
A fake is exactly this: an object nobody answers for.
And legality is exactly the opposite: someone who puts their name to it.
Read the manifestoWho we work with
In service of the anti-counterfeiting system
The laboratory works where counterfeiting is intercepted: at customs, in investigations, on the shelf, and on the phone of whoever is buying.
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Law enforcement
Guardia di Finanza, Customs Agency, NAS: technical support as a judicial police auxiliary, where formally appointed.
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Customs and prosecutors
Technical consultancy, comparisons and reports admissible in court.
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Companies and brands
Parallel-market monitoring, due diligence and trademark protection.
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Consumers
Authenticity checking available digitally, from doubt to report.
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Schools
Education programmes on legality in schools, run together with law enforcement, brands and trade associations.
In development
Expansion of the gas-chromatography laboratory, a national comparative database for beauty products, and documentary and technical verification for retailers, platforms and marketplaces: provenance and internal anti-counterfeiting procedures.
Dal sospetto alla prova
Do you have a doubt about a product?
We turn it into proof.
Perizie per Procure, Forze dell'Ordine, maison e privati. Prima risposta entro 24 ore, referto numerato e verificabile.
«Twenty-seven years inside the perfume industry, now in the service of legality.»
Alessandro Pette · founder