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The Case Against Fragrance

By: Kate Grenville
Narrated by: Belinda McClory
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Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beauty. Then the headaches started. Like perhaps a quarter of the population, Grenville reacts badly to the artificial fragrances around us: other people’s perfumes and all those scented cosmetics, cleaning products and air fresheners.

On a book tour in 2015, dogged by ill health, she started wondering: what’s in fragrance? Who tests it for safety? What does it do to people? The more Grenville investigated, the more she felt this was a story that should be told. The chemicals in fragrance can be linked not only to short-term problems like headaches and asthma but to long-term ones like hormone disruption and cancer. Yet products can be released onto the market without testing. They’re regulated only by the same people who make and sell them. And the ingredients don’t even have to be named on the label.

This audiobook is based on careful research into the science of scent and the power of the fragrance industry. But, as you’d expect from an acclaimed novelist, it’s also accessible and personal. The Case Against Fragrance will make you see - and smell - the world differently.

©2018 Kate Grenville (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Motivation & Self-Improvement

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A very sobering read!

Quite an interesting and informative book. It clearly and fairly presents the science behind the effects of fragrances are having upon us all. Thoroughly recommended.

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Mind blowing

What a fantastic book, not only does Kate Grenville show how many of us are adversely affected by scent, the genetic consequences of exposure to many of the ingredients of fragrance in all manner of commonly used items are terrifying. This is an engaging and entertaining book with an important message.

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