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Wouldn’t it be refreshing to know if commercial fragrances could potentially control pathogens in enclosed and crowded areas, especially those related to airborne diseases?
A study underwritten by North Miami-based Dr. Aromas is showing promising results. Conducted by the University of British Columbia, researchers have demonstrated that commercial fragrances containing certain essential oils also have antibacterial benefits, and that several fragrances could kill microorganisms tested at different concentrations in a laboratory setting.
And this news is coming at a time when the global market for aromatizing fragrances is on the rise — estimated at more than $6 billion annually — due to the growing popularity of these products as people seek to enhance their physical and psychological environments while neutralizing unpleasant odors.
An Added Benefit
“With people still spending a lot of their time at home these days due to restrictions and a growing work-from-home culture, we have found they have placed a premium on creating an optimum home environment conducive to work and relaxation depending on the space.
Home fragrances have become an essential ingredient to this end,” said Marcelo Zelicovich, founder of Doctor Aromas. “The fact that essential oils derived from nature also have anti-bacterial agents is an added benefit that we felt needed to be studied further.”
Dr. Aromas is a small business based in North Miami dedicated to home perfuming — meeting the scenting needs of a rising number of customers with a variety of solutions with safe and efficient high-quality perfumes and scent systems. Dr. Aromas’ proprietary system using AC dispersal is the DA Mini, and the DA Pro.
“Whatever your scenting needs may be, we have your back,” Zelicovich said. “We have scent machines to impact your entire home or office, or products to target your space on a room-by-room basis. Our most popular and unique system works through the air conditioning — wherever the AC reaches, so does scent.”
Data That Makes Sense
The study, led by noted researchers Hagar Bach and Horacio Bach, medical faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, tested 25 commercial fragrances on a panel of human pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains. The findings showed that three single fragrances were able to inhibit the growth of six bacterial strains, whereas all fragrances tested showed antifungal activity, including mold that grows on various surfaces.
The fragrances that showed an increase in antibacterial activity in the highest number of bacterial strains contained menthol and citral, broadly reported as antibacterial compounds. Fragrances exhibiting antifungal activity can be attributed to the presence of geranial and neral, which have also been known to have antifungal compounds.
Of particular significance is the fact that two fragrances increased the secretion of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 by an unknown mechanism. In addition, these fragrances contained D-limonene and linalool, which have shown anti-inflammatory activity, an important finding particularly for individuals who have asthma.
“Future efforts should be focused on the proper distribution of these fragrances to sanitize potential disseminators of microbial pathogens such as air conditioning units in shopping centers, hospitals, or any place where a conglomeration of people might be affected by these microbes,” Horacio Bach added.
Read more:
• Study: Commercial fragrances containing certain essential oils also have antibacterial benefits — www.future-science.com/doi/full/10.2144/fsoa-2020-0194
• Study: Aromatherapy Market: Shaping Up Trends and Future of Health and Wellness -—www.futuremarketinsights.com/reports/aromatherapy-market
About Doctor Aromas
Doctor Aromas is the only fragrance delivery system that works through your central air conditioning without using electrical power to evenly distribute the most pleasant scents throughout your entire home or business. Containing the most delicate cosmetic grade fragrances and pure essential oils, Doctor Aromas’ unique scents have the remarkable ability to help enhance both mental and physical wellbeing while creating an enjoyable environment.
The Doctor himself, Marcelo Zelicovich, got his start scenting public restrooms for multiple clients in Buenos Aires. Turning his attention to the idea of evenly distributing the best of smells through air conditioning systems, Dr. Aromas launched in 2007 and has since focused on providing well being through an often overlooked sense, smell, in this revolutionary way. Over the past 12 years the company has expanded to provide customers with their same great scents via diffusers and room-fragrance sprays for more localized perfuming.
Dr. Aromas’ showroom, open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., is located at 1996 NE 148 Terr., North Miami, FL 33181. For information visit www.doctoraromas.com or call 786-536 3664.
