香りの科学

A Swedish patch-test study distinguishes the small extra yield of routine HICC testing from the value of testing individual ingredients after a positive fragrance-mix result.

A dose-finding study selected test conditions for five fragrance materials. Zero positive results did not establish the absence of consumer sensitization risk.

Patch testing in dermatitis patients found reactions to oxidized lavender oil that tests of its two main oxidized components did not always detect.

Cell and zebrafish experiments identify receptor activity and developmental signals, not proof that perfume use causes earlier puberty in humans.

In 25 young men, an apple fragrance reduced task-related cardiac changes compared with controls, without improving arithmetic performance.