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Fragrance and its significance.

Well I'm sure most of us love the soothing smell of flowers or fruits or even herbs. And 100% would agree they like smelling nice. [Long post warning] But fragrance itself is quite harmful for babies and there's a study that investigates the effect of prolong exposure to fragrances. I just can't fathom how skincare, even those needed to apply to sensitive places ,and even places further from our smell range needs to be fragranted ( if the word exist). Like why do you need eye cream or even lip products to have fragrance? It just adds a nasty note to the taste(lipbalm) and 99% of the time our nose or anybody else's noses would not be able to detect the smell(eye cream or mositurizer) Besides a possibility to be an irritant to sensitive skin, it is unacceptable for skincare to include these irritants unless they pose great benefits in them. Soothing is a feeling..but having a fragrant skin product just isn't it. Exclusion for products with natural smell due to using natural ingredients like mugwort or orange..but honestly cherry or strawberry doesn't smell that strong..peaches also don't smell that strong. Yes I get that sometimes it is added to even out some foul smelling smell from other ingredients..but is it worth it for the wellbeing of our skin and lungs and liver? What's your take on fragrances? If you enjoy a fragrance free product, tag them too.
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skinbysandy

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I hate fragrance. my skin is sensitive to ALL of it even if it’s subtle. any time I get PR from brands, I get so disappointed when I smell fragrance
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I feel you. It just brings down the value..and sometimes just cancel out the benefits.
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Ozu

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I actually do enjoy fragrance in skincare. Since I am quite sensitive towards scent, if the products have a pungent scent, I wouldn't be interested in it at all. My level of enjoyment increases when the skincare smells good and calming. Yuja products are my favorite, as the scent is usually originates from the main ingredients. In this world of vast diversity, there will always be people liking something you didn't like. Just like eating unhealthy food, people still do it despite of all those negative after effects.
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Ozu

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I guess I didn't deliver what I meant clearly. For some people, the fragrance is the added benefits itself. The growth of aromatherapy, perfume industry and etc shows the significance of fragrance. Its the same for perfume, you don't normally smell it after awhile, Its due to brain not sending the same signals over and over again. There are people who prefer fragranced product over odourless products. Just like some people prefer makeup, and some prefer their bare face. Makeup in general have no added benefits to the skin, and back in days, some powder contains poison. Cheap makeup these days can be risky too, does that means that there's no plus point for makeup? The idea behind these topics is to understand that it maybe worthless for you, but it maybe the thing someone loved. There's no right or wrong answer. I am not trying to argue anything, just wanted to provide a view from different angle.
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uwiiii

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yeah my skin hates fragrance too, and what's more annoying is that some high end products include fragrance in it, like dior, clarins, ysl their skincare line has fragrance on it.
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Right?! Even more when we skim thru the list, fragrance appears to be almost on the upper side of it.
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olaleks

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I love fragrances. I remember with horror how, after covid, for several months I had no sense of smell! I like to smell flowers, food, fruits, perfume and of course cosmetics. I can't say that I love all fragrances in cosmetics. Sometimes I like that cosmetics have a light scent, sometimes I don't. It's good that you can choose cosmetics with or without fragrance, since there is a great choice!
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Oh cosmetics...don't get me started on cosmetics..lipmattes that smelled like chocolates but tastes horrible. Or even foundation with fragrance. I love that they smell nice for a while but it's not like they gonna retain the smell for a long time..I mean it's better to smell nice by wearing perfumes..they last longer and other people around can also enjoy the smell..but it's not the case in skincare
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lavenderduck

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I cannot stand fragrance in skincare! For me the tiny benefit of the product smelling nice totally gets canceled out by the fact that it can irritate my skin! I wish more products were fragrance free... Also often it makes the product feel kind of cheap
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Totally!..sometimes the smell is so synthetic it sometimes becomes a bother..
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