Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to the beauty brains a show where real scientists answer your

beauty questions and give you an insiders look at the beauty product industry.

This is episode 176.

I'm your host Perry Romanowski and with me today filling in from Valerie

is the rarely heard from Beauty Brain Sarah Bellum. Hello Sarah.

Hello.

Today is our all fragrance question extravaganza.

On this episode we're going to be answering your beauty questions about what did the terms

unscented and fragrance-free mean should you avoid fragrances in skin care products?

What is the difference between synthetic and natural fragrances and how do fragrances get

chosen for products? Plus, we'll cover a couple of science stories that we found interesting

in the cosmetic industry. And in the words of that famous game show

host and philosopher Steve Harvey, we've got a good one for you today. But first we should say

hello to Sarah Bellum. Hello Sarah welcome back to the show.

Hi Perry it's always good to be here with the beauty brains. It's good to be back.

It's good to hear you. So what's what have you been keeping busy with these days well you're still in the beauty

business I am I mean unfortunately I can't make a living just doing podcasting

so you know I I have a I have a job but I work on the research side of the

beauty industry so I'm definitely keeping taps on what's happening and I just

got back from a nice vacation.

Oh really vacation where did you go? I went to the Cayman Islands.

Who have you ever heard of them? Indeed I have in fact I just went to the Cayman Islands.

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