Fragrances may contain solvents, stabilizers, ultra violet (UV) ray absorbers, preservatives, dyes, and other ingredients that are not necessarily listed on the label. Instead, the word "fragrance" will appear on the ingredient list of the product. Out of the more than 5,000 ingredients used in the fragrance industry, only about 1,300 have beeen assessed for safety so far by the industry's International Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (http://tinyurl.com/28aw4jh).
In 1999, after repeated complaints about toxic effects from Calvin Klein's Eternity perfume, the Environmental Health Network of California ran a lab test on the product to identify its ingredients. The results were as follows: 26 ingredients had toxicological properites that had not been investigated, 25 ingredients were irritants, 5 ingredients were skin sensitizers, or allergens, 3 ingredients showed fetal, hormonal, and reproductive toxicity, and 2 ingredients were possible carcinogens. For more information on Fragrances visit http://www.ewg.org/notsosexy.
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| This graph shows the number of secret or unlisted chemicals in common fragrances |
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| This graph displays the percentage of chemicals, listed and not listed, that have been assessed for safety |
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| This charts shows the results for all fragrance ingredients combined. |
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