Fragrances are used in various products, including cleaning products, personal care products, and cosmetics. Fragrance ingredients can be derived from petroleum or natural raw materials. Here are some details about aroma smell female products:
Positive effects:
- Fragrances can have aromatherapy benefits and play a major role in the psychophysiological functions of human beings.
Negative effects:
- Some common fragrance ingredients used in cleaning products pose potential health hazards, and women are more likely than men to experience adverse health effects from exposure to fragrance.
- Most fragrance chemicals are not disclosed, and some are linked to serious health problems such as cancer, reproductive and developmental toxicity, allergies, and sensitivities.
- Fragrance substances can act as prehaptens or prohaptens, forming new or more potent allergens by air oxidation and/or metabolic activation, increasing the risk of sensitization and cross-reactivity between fragrance substances.
Ingredients or materials:
- Fragrances created for cosmetic and cleaning products are dominated by synthetic, as opposed to natural plant-based, ingredients. Estimates indicate 80-90% of the raw materials used in fragrances today are synthetic.
- A fragrance consists of volatile chemicals with a molecular weight of less than 300 Da that humans perceive through the olfactory system.
- Fragrance ingredients may include hundreds of different chemicals, and the chemical components in fragrance itself are protected as trade secrets and described on the label only as “fragrance” .
- The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) published a list of 2,339 possible fragrance materials used by IFRA affiliated members, including fragrance suppliers, who use chemicals from this list or “palette” of ingredients to formulate fine fragrances and fragranced cosmetics and personal care products.
