Between attraction and avoidance: from perfume application to fragrance-free policies

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 3 Preference of fragrance-free products

	General population	People who prefer fragrance-free products	People who do not prefer fragrance-free products	Fragrance-sensitive people	Non-fragrance-sensitive people
Preference of clothes with or without smell after washing
No–no smell after washing	36.5	52.4	25.2	50.2	33.1
Not sure	15.0	12.2	16.9	11.0	16.0
Yes—smells of perfume after washing	48.1	35.2	57.3	38.4	50.5
Preference of fragrance-free products
Yes	41.6	100	0	62.6	36.4
Not sure	24.8	0	42.4	14.6	27.3
No	33.4	0	57.1	22.4	36.1

Percentage of answers given by the general population and the various subgroups to the question “Do you prefer that your clothes smell of fragrances after washing or that they do not smell after washing (no added perfume or no added odor)?” “Do you prefer fragrance-free products when they are available?” (Sizes of subgroups see first line in Table 1.)