Could Help To Solve A Crimes Traces By Perfume

Detecting traces of perume could help in the fight against crime a study suggests.

Scientists have found that the chemical components of a fragrance can transfer from one person clothing to another.

The team says this is a proof of principal study, but suggests that perfumes have the potential to be used as trace evidence.

We know About 90% Women And 60% of men use perfume on a regular basis.

We have shown that first perfume does transfer and second we can identify when that transfer has happened.

Perfumes are concocted from many diffrent chemical components, which in combination give an individual fragrance its distinctive smell.

They found That five minutes after an initial spray of fragrance 24 out of 44 perfumes components were detected on the second piece of fabric after it had been in contact for 10 minutes.