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Fragrance refers to whatever the scent or aroma that is in that product is.

But it's a term that could be like hundreds of different possible chemical compounds and those are not necessarily regulated and it's not clear which one is being used in the product.

So because there's just not that clarity or that access to the information like which fragrance is used in this cleaning product or this beauty product, I try to avoid that as an ingredient altogether.

So yeah, picking something that does not have fragrance on the ingredient list.

That would be another suggestion if you're interested in this that you could try.

Another reason for that, though, too, is that I have just a very sensitive nose, very sensitive to strong smells.

And yeah, it's just easier to avoid that for that reason as well.

I don't know how you feel about strongly scented, strongly perfumed cleaning products.

But yeah, they really bother me.

That's interesting.

You know, sometimes to clean my microwave, like you mentioned that earlier, I squeeze some lemon juice in a bowl with water and I just like blast that in the microwave, put it on high heat for a few minutes and the steam kind of with the lemon spreads throughout the microwave and then you can easily wipe down whatever grime or food stains, things, dirt that's in there.

That's a good way.

Yeah, but I don't know that I make so many homemade things like that, homemade beauty products or cleaning products.

I don't think so.

But the aluminum and deodorant thing is definitely something that is talked about a lot.

And I'm not even clear on how much evidence there is for whether it causes problems.

I've also heard of it being linked to breast cancer.

But yeah, that's definitely a common one that you hear about.

I really don't know, like, if there have been more recent studies or new information about that.

But yeah, you hear about these links and these things that could be a problem for your health.