What You Can Do – To Protect Yourself from Perfume
Here are some ways you can protect yourself from unwanted and unsafe fragrances and perfumes:
Create a Perfume free Household
Use the checklist from the book to create a perfume-free household.
Check labels and avoid buying products with the following substances, which can have an adverse effect on sex hormones, and have been found in perfumes:
- octinoxates
- oxybenzones
- benzophenones 1 and 2
- diethyl phthalates
- butylated hydroxytoluene
- galaxolides
- tonalites
- musketoons
- benzyl salicylates
- benzyl benzoates
- Lilial 2
- linalool
- citronellol
- citral
- eugenol
- geraniol
- musk compounds
The best way to maintain a perfume free household is to only purchase products that are listed as fragrance-free, unscented, unperfumed or unfragranced.
Follow a Perfume Detox Program
After creating a perfume-free household, follow the perfume detox program from the book.
Read Perfume: The Hidden Bane of Your Health for an indepth understanding of how Perfume is unhealthy and what you can do to avoid it.