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Which is the sweetest natural scent? Most of the people including me will answer the scent of baby. The natural scent of a baby can give you a heavenly feel. However, currently a lot of top perfume manufacturer manufacturing baby perfumes. Though at first it was considered as a ridiculous item now a lot of people are going for it. Especially in Europe, people are using baby perfume vastly.

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There are still a lot of people who are in confusion about the baby perfume as it is still unclear whether the baby perfumes safe or not. In this content, we will discuss baby perfume. Keep reading this article to decide whether or not you should buy a baby perfume for your beloved child. We will also answer other related queries about the baby perfume in below.

Should you use baby perfume?

From the ancient period, humans are using perfume to enhance their own body odor. From the earlier period, many types of natural and made up materials are been used to make perfume. Most of the time, the perfume are made out of flowers, fruit, wood, roots, resins, spices, grasses, leaves, balsams, gums, and other things.

Though the natural ingredients are the main part of the perfume there are also some chemical ingredients. The ingredients include petrochemicals, coal, alcohol, coal tars, etc. to make perfume. Some perfume also comes from animal products. The ambergris come from the sperm of the whale, the musk comes from the male deer, and the castors come from the beavers.

There are several chemical reaction need to happen to make up a perfume. Nowadays, almost all types of perfume contain chemical properties. The baby perfume also contains it. So perfume is not totally safe for your baby.

However, most of the well-known baby perfume is made out of quality ingredients which are safe and doesn’t cause any problem to your child. So, we can say that you are allowed to use the perfume that comes from the popular brands and which has no bad records for their perfume.

How to choose the safe baby perfume

There are a lot of manufacturers which use artificial chemicals instead of the natural ingredient. They are very harmful and they can cause a wide variety of problem to your baby. However, you can easily choose the right baby perfume by checking the material it’s made from. Just avoid the below-mentioned chemical containing perfumes to find the right baby perfume for your child:

Phthalates

Perfumes made out of this chemical are long-lasting and hormone disruptors. Hormone disruptors mean that the chemical can interfere with our hormone and cause various problems like tumors, birth defects, and other physical disabilities. Never go for those perfumes which contain Phthalates.

Styrene

This chemical is used to make polystyrene. According to the study of National Toxicology Program, the Styrene is anticipated to the human carcinogen and it can cause cancer too. So you must avoid the perfume that contains Styrene.

Parabens

The chemical is estrogen mimicking preservative which has been found in breast cancer tissues and also causes malfunction with male reproductive functions.

Synthetic Musk

This material is recently proved to cause hormone disruption and it can accumulate breast milk, body fat, and other problems.

Is it safe to wear perfume around the child?

Maybe you will not spray perfume on your baby to keep him safe from the dangerous chemicals. But you will be astonished to know that even the long lasting perfumes that you wear can be harmful to your baby. When you stay closure to your baby after wearing perfume, the chemical of the perfume can also embark on your baby. If the perfume contains the materials mentioned above then your baby can face various health-related problems by of these. Besides, if you use a strong smelled perfume it can cause allergy to your child. It doesn’t matter whether the perfume contains bad chemicals or not. So, when you have a baby, we recommend you not to use the baby perfume.

Putting perfume on babies make them much impressive along with their natural smell. Hopefully, the above article will help you to know much about the baby perfumes.

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