Originally Posted by
cathyvv
I have similar problems. Why on earth does everything have to have fragrance added to it?
I bought some 'unscented' Dove body wash. Guess what? It lists 'fragrance' as one of the ingredients! It's near the bottom of the list, but it's in there! The Equate store brand equivalent is the same way - unscented on the label, fragrance in the ingredients.
i don't have asthma, but i do not tolerate scented products at all. so i have always bought the unscented. last year i read in a magazine from my local healthfood store, that when a product is "unscented" it is more "toxic" to us than scented, because of the scent chemicals that they use to mask the chemical smells of stuff used to make the product. that is the "fragrance" you read in the ingredients label. so now i sniff everything and buy the least intollerable odor. scented downy fabric softener sheets being the exception...good Lord...those thing make me feel actually ILL, so for downey i buy unscented.