Detrimental effects of perfumes, aroma & cosmetics

Abstract

Perfumes have been historically used primarily for fragrance. Aroma or fragrance has also been added to the cosmetics to make it more attractive. These fragrance products emit a range of chemicals including hazardous pollutants but the ingredients do not fully disclosed on the product label. Hence, they are found to cause various detrimental effects ion human health. The detrimental effects associated with the use of perfumes are contact dermatitis, contact urticaria, and photo allergy and photo toxicity. Detrimental effects of cosmetics are lungs disease, damage to reproductive organs, skin allergies, excessive hair problems, headache and cancer. The present review summarizes some of the harmful effects caused by the use of fragrance products including perfumes, aroma and cosmetics. Moreover, the preventive measures which have to be taken care of have also been discussed.