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makers hire famous “noses” to create perfume compositions, mass production of artificial fragrances relies heavily on smelling machines, or “electronic noses” that use chemical sensors to produce a fingerprint of any scent. It is now possible to dissect any natural scent and recreate it using synthetic fragrances. While advocates of synthetic skin care insist that everything comes from nature and nothing is created via alchemy, in the case of serious fragrance synthesizing, it’s simply not true. Today, the chemical industry can recreate any scent known to man, including dirt, earth, leather, snow, or freshly cut grass—and all of them can be surprisingly beautiful when mixed in the right proportions with floral and wood notes.
It is now possible to dissect any natural scent and recreate it using synthetic fragrances.
Every year, fragrance compositions are becoming more and more complicated. More and more products become heavily scented: laundry detergents, dryer sheets, cosmetics, stationery, candles, and pet products come in a variety of “naturally inspired scents.” Even baby toys are now infused with lavender and vanilla. To meet these needs, hundreds of new fragrant chemicals are being developed. Of the more than 5,000 materials currently available for use in fragrances, only 1,300 or so were tested for safety. Many of them are known fragrance sensitizers that have to be used in microscopic doses, if at all. Bear in mind, these synthetic fragrance molecules are programmed to turn on switches in our brains! Scientists believe that the ubiquitous nature of synthetic fragrance in modern society, coupled with the growing number of fragrance products for children and men, likely contributes to the sharp increase in allergies and respiratory illnesses.
Smart manufacturers rarely disclose the full list of ingredients that go into a fragrant composition. Fragrance formulas are considered trade secrets, and manufacturers do not have to tell anyone, including health authorities, what is in those formulas. However, many manufacturers attempt to list at least some ingredients. For example, a full list of ingredients of the average musk body mist reads as a huge list of synthetic and organic fragrance ingredients plus a “secret” fragrance, which most likely contains synthetic musk that has strong potential for triggering adverse effects in sensitive people.
There are plenty of organically derived fragrance ingredients used to enhance and enrich existing trademark compositions. All of the following naturally occurring fragrance ingredients are capable of causing allergic dermatitis and rhinitis: citronellol (found in citronella essential oil), linalool (a floral, slightly spicy odor chemical found in many plants, including mint, scented herbs, and even birch), geraniol (a fragrant component occurring in geranium, lemon, and many other essential oils), farnesol (found in citronella, neroli, cyclamen, lemongrass, tuberose, rose, balsam, and tolu), cinnamal (a flavor component in the essential oil of cinnamon), and eugenol (extracted from spices such as clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, and bay leaf).
what
science
says
A typical perfume contains a mixture of fragrance chemicals (often between 50 and 100) produced from coal tar and petroleum distillates or plants and herbs. In terms of “greenness,” the fragrance industry is unique: scented, natural, and synthetic ingredients can be equally harmful. But while organically derived aromatic alcohols can irritate skin, make you sneeze, or trigger existing eczema or asthma, benzene derivatives, aldehydes, phenols, phthalates, and many other fragrant toxins are capable of causing cancer, birth defects, and central nervous system disorders. These substances can get into the body by being absorbed through the skin and when inhaled.
Studies constantly reveal new irritating fragrance ingredients. Some of the oldest known toxic synthetic fragrances are
It is now possible to dissect any natural scent and recreate it using synthetic fragrances.
Every year, fragrance compositions are becoming more and more complicated. More and more products become heavily scented: laundry detergents, dryer sheets, cosmetics, stationery, candles, and pet products come in a variety of “naturally inspired scents.” Even baby toys are now infused with lavender and vanilla. To meet these needs, hundreds of new fragrant chemicals are being developed. Of the more than 5,000 materials currently available for use in fragrances, only 1,300 or so were tested for safety. Many of them are known fragrance sensitizers that have to be used in microscopic doses, if at all. Bear in mind, these synthetic fragrance molecules are programmed to turn on switches in our brains! Scientists believe that the ubiquitous nature of synthetic fragrance in modern society, coupled with the growing number of fragrance products for children and men, likely contributes to the sharp increase in allergies and respiratory illnesses.
Smart manufacturers rarely disclose the full list of ingredients that go into a fragrant composition. Fragrance formulas are considered trade secrets, and manufacturers do not have to tell anyone, including health authorities, what is in those formulas. However, many manufacturers attempt to list at least some ingredients. For example, a full list of ingredients of the average musk body mist reads as a huge list of synthetic and organic fragrance ingredients plus a “secret” fragrance, which most likely contains synthetic musk that has strong potential for triggering adverse effects in sensitive people.
There are plenty of organically derived fragrance ingredients used to enhance and enrich existing trademark compositions. All of the following naturally occurring fragrance ingredients are capable of causing allergic dermatitis and rhinitis: citronellol (found in citronella essential oil), linalool (a floral, slightly spicy odor chemical found in many plants, including mint, scented herbs, and even birch), geraniol (a fragrant component occurring in geranium, lemon, and many other essential oils), farnesol (found in citronella, neroli, cyclamen, lemongrass, tuberose, rose, balsam, and tolu), cinnamal (a flavor component in the essential oil of cinnamon), and eugenol (extracted from spices such as clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, and bay leaf).
what
science
says
A typical perfume contains a mixture of fragrance chemicals (often between 50 and 100) produced from coal tar and petroleum distillates or plants and herbs. In terms of “greenness,” the fragrance industry is unique: scented, natural, and synthetic ingredients can be equally harmful. But while organically derived aromatic alcohols can irritate skin, make you sneeze, or trigger existing eczema or asthma, benzene derivatives, aldehydes, phenols, phthalates, and many other fragrant toxins are capable of causing cancer, birth defects, and central nervous system disorders. These substances can get into the body by being absorbed through the skin and when inhaled.
Studies constantly reveal new irritating fragrance ingredients. Some of the oldest known toxic synthetic fragrances are
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