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Perfume in your hair – smart or harmful?
Hair holds scent beautifully – but perfume is made for skin, not hair. Here's what happens when you spray perfume into your hair, and how you can wear scent near your hair in a gentler way.
What does perfume do to your hair?
Perfume contains alcohol that dries out both skin and hair fibre. Sprayed directly into the hair daily, it can leave hair dry, dull and more prone to breakage – especially coloured or curly hair.
The fragrance oils can also bind to the hair shaft and mix with traces of smoke, food and city air – the result is rarely the clean scent you intended.
Why the scent fades anyway
Even though hair holds scent well, perfume fades from it faster than you'd think: hair rubs against collars, scarves and pillows, and the scent wears off within a couple of hours.
That's why many people re-spray several times a day – and get even more alcohol into their hair.
The smarter alternative: scent near your hair, not in it
A hair tie with a hidden ceramic disc carries the perfume right by your hair, without a single drop touching the strand. You spray the disc with your own perfume, let it dry for a minute, and click it back in.
The ceramic holds the fragrance for 12–24 hours and releases it slowly – partly because the disc sits near the warmest point by your head. Your hair stays untouched by alcohol, and the scent lasts longer than direct spraying.
If you still want to spray your hair
Choose a hair mist made for hair – they contain less alcohol and more nourishing ingredients – and spray it on your brush instead of straight into your hair.
And remember that perfume in your hair spreads to the room around you. If you're on a fragrance-free workplace or among the scent-sensitive, a disc in your hair tie is the most considerate solution.
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