Fragrance has been an integral part of our life since ages and we are always driven by good fragrances and many times make decisions basis only that. In a manner, it has become a part of our lifestyle.
Let us assume of a beautiful house with good furniture and great furnishings, however a bad aroma or odor can ruin all the decorations and appreciation the house deserves even making the visitors feel unwelcomed. Hence, in every house there is enough stock of air fresheners in different forms either spray, solids, pockets, diffusers etc. What makes these so magical is their fragrance owing to the air freshener flavoring agents.
Our homes, offices, restaurants, hotels, and restrooms (toilets) all use air fresheners to eliminate odors.
Air fresheners are available in several forms including sprays, candles, gels, blocks, beads, powders, and liquids. Hence, different flavoring agents are used at different locations according to their suitability. For instance, you may experience a particular odor in hospitals where they use pharmaceutical synthetic flavoring agents. The chances are you will never experience the same odor in the shopping mall since they use different flavoring agents.
Although there is a wide variety of synthetic agents used in the production of air fresheners, we will have a look at a few of them in this article:
Synthetic chemicals for making air fresheners
Texapol
It acts as an emulsifier and its purpose is to stabilize the mixture.
Methanol
It is a colorless, light, volatile alcohol. In air fresheners, this chemical serves as the solvent that dissolves other insoluble chemicals.
Menthol
This compound is mainly found in peppermint. The volatile oil of peppermint, also known as peppermint oil, has many potential health benefits. Air fresheners use menthol as an anti-inflammatory and flavoring agent. It is available in white and clear form.
Thymol
Thymol is a phenolic compound that has certain medicinal properties. It is considered a woody and spicy flavoring agent. It has a pleasantly sweet-medicinal, herbaceous-spicy flavor with fruity citrus compositions. It was used mainly in perfumes, but now industries are incorporating it in room fresheners as well. You will find many thymol manufacturers since it is quite inexpensive to produce.
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