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Home care
One of the scents we wear most often does not come from a bottle but from the washing machine. We write about where perfumery and cosmetic chemistry meet washing powder – not about buckets and mops.
- Fragrance in laundry detergents and allergens on the labelThe 0.01% threshold, what must be on the pack and what the new EU Regulation 2026/405 will bring.
- What are surfactantsMicelles, SLS and SLES, cationic agents in fabric softeners and biodegradability.
In preparation
- Fabric softeners and scent beads: how fragrance works on fabric
- pH in the home: from soap to descaler
- Home fragrances and candles
- Caring for textiles by material
We will publish these topics only once we have verified them against primary sources.