Here is the good news as sun is shining bright in the beginning of summer. Everybody uses more perfume and deodorant to avoid the smell of sweat. Scientists at Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland) announced they have developed a miraculous perfume, capable of revolutionizing the lives of thousands of people thanks to its operating principle: the more you sweat, the better you smell. This new perfume does not come out with human sweat, but intensifies its smell in accordance with perspiration.
In a study published last Thursday in the Chemical Communications journal, three researchers at Queen's Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) explained that they managed to develop a liquid whose fragrance increases in contact with moisture, smelling better depending on the humidity to which it is exposed to.
According to scientists, the perfume contains, among many elements, a raw fragrance associated with an "odorless ionic liquid", which is a salt that is in a liquid state. The resulting product emits an odor when it comes into contact with water or sweat, making it release more scent onto the person's skin.
That's not all there is to it though, the researchers also claim that this fragrance has the ability to remove odors that are caused by human perspiration, as the chemical compounds associated with the bad smell are absorbed by the ionic liquid and hence lose intensity.
Project leader Dr Nimal Gunaratne from the QUILL Research Centre said: "This is an exciting breakthrough that uses newly discovered ionic liquid systems to release material in a controlled manner." Not only does it have great commercial potential, and could be used in perfumes and cosmetic creams, but it could also be used in others area of science, such as the slow release of certain substances of interest.
"This innovative development demonstrates the drive of researchers at Queen's to advancing knowledge and achieving excellence for the benefit of society as a whole."
