2019 Volume 53 Issue 2 Pages 99-105
Holistic beauty is a novel concept upholding the idea that all aspects of people's needs including psychological, physiological and social should be taken into account and seen as a whole. This concept has been spreading in the beauty industry, recently. According to this concept, since real beauty is based on skin health and mental health, it is important to care for both aspects of skin conditions at the same time. The odor component of an aromatic product, which is a typical therapy for improvement of mental health, was traditionally used for assuagement of skin health. The mechanism of odor signal transduction has been clarified in the past studies. However, there are few reports that indicate the degree of sedative effect of odor components. Rosa damascena is one of the most popular and common naturally derived fragrances. Although it has been traditionally used for the achievement of a sedative effect, there are few reports regarding how it works on physical and mental relaxation. In general, preference and sensitivity to aromatic compounds should be varied in accordance with gender, race and age; therefore, it has been considered that it is difficult to define the physiological effect of these aromatic compounds on relaxation. In this study, our goal is to establish a systematic quantitative evaluation method to identify the mechanism of the sedative effect of Rosa damascena oil on physical condition, by focusing on the human autonomic and central nerve system by using integrative physiological techniques.
Journal of Japan Cosmetic Chemists Association
