Fragrance products
Acute toxic effects of fragrance products.
Rosalind Anderson Ph.D. and Julius Anderson M.D.-Ph.D.
Archives of Environmental Health(1997) 53: 138-145.

Some restaurants refuse customers wearing perfume, and many 
public meetings and conferences ban wearing scented hairspray, 
deodorant, and after shave. A growing number of people are 
unable to tolerate being around perfumes and other fragranced 
products. Isn't it amazing how many products today are scented 
(things like dish detergent, laundry products, cleaning agents, 
disposable diapers, marking pens, etc.)?

Under carefully controlled conditions, we exposed laboratory 
mice to air containing one of five colognes and collected 
data concerning their breathing patterns.  The data prove that the 
five colognes caused irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and 
lungs of the mice. The mice also developed difficulty breathing 
(asthma-like attacks) and signs of neurotoxicity such as 
tremors, paralysis, and convulsions. Several of the mice died 
as a result of these exposures to colognes.

These results demonstrate that some fragrance products release 
toxic(poisonous) chemicals into the air.