Next time, when you crave the new designer fragrance remind yourself: most fragrant compositions contain synthetic ingredients that were never tested for safety on humans.

For example, a popular ingredient Calone 1951, used to create a fresh "ozone" marine scent in bestselling fragrances as Eau D'Issey by Issey Miyake and Escape by Calvin Klein and most recently in Dove Sensitive Essentials Cleansing Cloths, is called methylbenzodioxepinone. Pfizer synthesized it in 1966. Doesn't sound too romantic, does it? This chemical has never been assessed for safety in cosmetics by any industry panel. But many chemicals used in fragrances have been tested – and produced less than glowing results. Read more of this post