[Comment: Perfume is loaded with upwards of 3,000 - 5,000 unregulated chemicals. Eighty percent of these chemicals have not been tested for human safety and nearly nothing is known about how these chemicals interact synergistically. Scent sensitivity is typically not an allergy and equating it to one only enhances the lack of understanding. Many of these chemicals are neurotoxic and cause a toxic reaction, not an allergic reaction. These toxic reactions are not mere sniffles, sneezing, and respiratory irritation. Exposure creates neurological problems that result in poor balance, lack of coordination, mood changes, difficulty concentrating and thinking, and general toxicity which worsens over time and with longer and/or chronic exposure. Eventually the toxicity results in pain and fatigue that is not relieved by sleep. All are susceptible with enough exposure, but some are even more susceptible. Natural genetic variants can mean some are affected much sooner than others. Nonetheless, fragrance exposure has health consequences for everyone. No scents makes sense.]
Scent sensitivities: allergy or rash?
Scent sensitivities: allergy or rash?
"To spray or not to spray? Some can't get enough of their favorite fragrance; others want nothing to do with it.
The debate over scent-free zones strikes a personal nerve for Brenda Peters-Watral, whose sensitivity to fragrance is so bad, she'd been forced to wear a mask at the ballet."
