Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Perfumes C1
- Natural/Artificial Perfumes
- Esters are used as perfumes because they smell
nice.
- Esters are common in nature. Fruity and flowery smells contain natural
esters
- Esters can also be manufactured synthetically to be used as perfumes
- Esters are made by heating an acid with an alcohol
- ACID + ALCOHOL->ESTER + WATER
- Properties of a Perfume
- Easily Evaporates
- or else perfume particles wouldn't be able to reach your nose.
- Non-Toxic
- it mustn't seep through your skin and poison you
- Doesn't irratate the skin
- or else you couldn't apply it directly onto you
- Insoluble in water
- it would wash off too easily otherwise
- New products have to be tested
- Products have to be tested thoroughly to make sure they are safe to
use.
- Some tests are carried out on animals
- Controversial
- Some people think it's wrong to cause suffering to animals just to test cosmetic's safety
- Banned in EU
- some think this is ok. so it doesn't harm Humans