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Scent Marketing: they are poisoning us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22GlYmFNph8 Infusing sales spaces such as stores, shopping malls, hotels and airports with specifically chosen aromas to influence buying behaviour - a tactic known as scent marketing or neuromarketing - is big business today. Smells...
Prevent cancer by simply avoiding exposure to fragrances (a.k.a. “scent”, “perfume” or “parfum”), experts say.
What is one way to prevent cancer? Avoid exposure to fragrances! Unfortunately, we are bombarded with fragrances almost everywhere we go, and sadly, almost everything we buy - from shampoo to scented candles - is "fragranced". Johann Kellerer, author of Perfume - The...
Why on earth are breast cancer charities using scented candles as fundraising gifts?
Many breast cancer charities around the world seem to be oblivious of the fact that the scented candles or fragranced candles, which they use as part of their fundraising efforts, contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer and other health problems, according to...
For the sake of your health (and that of your family), you need to watch these two videos
Harmful toxins, many of them carcinogens, are found in almost all perfumes and perfumed, fragranced or scented product today, hidden within the insidious ingredient, "perfume", "parfum, or "fragrance". Sounds harmless, doesn't it? But in reality, these three words...
Why Fragranced Screenwash/Windshield Fluid Is a Problem
To be clear, by "fragranced", we mean products that include “fragrance,” “parfum,” or “perfume” in their list of ingredients - three words that all basically mean the same thing: a concoction of thousands of synthetic chemicals, most of which are derived from coal...
WARNING: The “perfume”, “parfum” or “fragrance” now added to almost every product under the sun contains around 4,000 chemicals, most of which have never been tested!
It is a little-known fact that there are around 4,000 chemicals included under "perfume." 95% of these chemicals are extracted from petroleum - the oil industry plays a dubious role in this. Hand-in-hand with chemistry, it marches in a highly questionable direction....
Why you should implement a perfume free workplace policy in your company
The negative impact on health from exposure to perfumes and fragrances is not dissimilar to that caused by second-hand smoke (passive smoking), which eventually resulted in today's indoor smoking restrictions. While a nationwide indoor ban on the wearing of perfume or...
Media round-up on the harm that perfume and fragranced products cause
Talking Scents: What's in a Perfume? Look on a perfume label and often you’ll see ‘fragrance’ listed as an ingredient. Fragrance is not a single ingredient. It is a trojan horse of over 3000 undisclosed toxic ingredients and chemicals which can negatively impact your...
Johann Kellerer, Author of “Perfume: The Hidden Bane of Your Health”, CNM Podcast interview
The College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM), back in 2020, interviewed Johann Kellerer, author of Perfume: The Hidden Bane of Your Health about his book and about the dangers of scent, perfume and fragrances and how these toxic chemicals can negatively affect your...
Meet the Author: Johann Kellerer
Johann Kellerer, born in 1955, graduated as a civil engineer, with a few additional semesters in philosophy and management. In the Bundeswehr (German army), he held the rank of Drill Sergeant before assuming responsibility for nonprofit organizations for over fifteen...