Our products are always available as a fragrance-free variant (gray labels), which may seem boring, but there are several reasons for this. One of them is that clean doesn't smell!
Covering up bad odors with perfumes doesn't make it clean. If you experience a bad odor in your home, you should clean with fragrance-free cleaning agents to be sure that you have removed the bad odor. If you use perfumed products, you risk keeping the underlying problem and just covering it up with perfume.
If, on the other hand, you don't have problems with bad odors, you can safely clean with mildly perfumed products. There are studies that show that lovely scents have positive effects; scents can evoke positive feelings and suggestive autobiographical memories (Proustian effect) with presumed therapeutic benefits (reduces anxiety, negative mood states, food cravings, and peripheral pro-inflammatory cytokines).
Our perfumed products are all mildly perfumed; the perfumes are carefully reviewed and added in healthy doses.
Too many fragrances can cause serious problems such as contact allergies and respiratory problems. This is the reason why we choose to only use a healthy amount of perfume in our products.
Sure, we would sell more if we produced products with lots of colorants and perfumes. But there are already others who do that!
Our goal is to create circular, healthy, climate-friendly, and environmentally friendly products for those of you who think that these things (health and the environment) are important.
Today, we are exposed to a huge amount of chemicals that are very difficult for us to avoid. Building materials, outdoor air, clothes, and lots of things are difficult to control or do anything about. Cleaning products, on the other hand, are very easy to do something about! It's just a matter of choosing a little more consciously.
A lot, cheap, and strong is simply not our thing, and we would NEVER risk making you sick!
More about scents and health
Contact allergy (relevant for cleaning products because we/the skin come into contact with the product)
Scents are everywhere, and contact allergy is common. Generally speaking, fragrances are the second most common class of substances identified as causing an allergic positive patch test in patients who attend clinics specializing in the investigation of contact dermatitis.
The investigation of fragrance allergy is not made easier by the fact that the perfume can contain over 300 fragrance components, and fixatives are also used to affect the perfume's quality and persistence.
There is not much research on the dose-response relationship and the threshold for the expression of contact allergy in relation to fragrance ingredients. The dose-response relationship describes how the body responds to a certain concentration, that is, in this case, how much perfume there is in a product. Therefore, there is extra reason for caution.
The article to which we refer here highlights the health risks associated with the use of perfumes. It shows that these fragrances often contain a variety of chemical substances, several of which are allergenic or irritating to the skin. Perfumes can also trigger asthma and other respiratory problems, especially in sensitive individuals. In addition, long-term effects of exposure are discussed, including potential endocrine-disrupting properties.
Key conclusions:
- Perfumes contain allergenic and irritating substances.
- They can trigger asthma and respiratory problems.
- Long-term exposure can affect hormonal balance.
You can read the entire article here.
The study "Cleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction" published in Occupational Medicine examines how exposure to cleaning products and perfumes affects lung function. The results show that the use of scented products is linked to several health problems, including:
- Asthma - Symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing.
- Lung function impairment - Feelings of fatigue and limited physical capacity.
- Airway irritation - Symptoms such as sore throat and runny nose.
- Allergic reactions - Rashes or itching on the skin.
You can read more about the study here.