Bad idea to put fragrance in stainless steel bottles?

[Deacon]

Hello all!

I have two stainless steel bottles that I want to transfer some aftershave and cologne to after an unfortunate transportation incident.

Is putting either of these in a stainless steel bottle a good idea for traveling? Will it affect the scent? Will it affect the bottles?

Opinions/information would be helpful.

 

[Cheapshot]

Stainless should be fine... it is made to not absorb odors or..... well..... stains.

 

[bemiller]

Stainless steel doesn't have any coating or chemical that leeches, that's why it's ideal for water bottles.

 

[u2u]

Glass is the best choice. Stainless is just that, it stains less than a carbon steel. It will react with the contents over a period of time. The contents would be at risk of contamination from the container. You could end up with a metallic scent compared to what you first put in the steel container. You would be hard pressed to find a manufacturer that packages good quality after shaves, colognes, or perfumes in a metallic container unless it was lined or plated with a non reactive substance. All depends on how fussy you are.

 

[OfTheWild]

I highly recommend getting a "Flo Refillable Perfume Atomizer". (right now its $12 amazon prime) Perfect for travel and for testing out sample vials too. They're not too expensive and pretty simple to use. I've tossed it into my carry on bag a bunch of times and its pretty durable. plus if anything does happen, you dont lose a whole lot.

Still trying to figure out a good way to clean it out to change scents though.

 

[martin007]

I think stainless steel will not affect the scent, as it doesn't absorb liquid.

 

[The Knize]

In case this information helps, Montale sells its scents in aluminum cannisters, or at least sure did the last time I bought any. I do not recall that those containers are lined in any way. Montale seems to know what it is doing when it comes to scents. I do not know whether stainless steel would be different than aluminum for scents. I might have guessed that aluminum would be more problematic, if anything were problematic.

I like the idea of metal because it blocks light. But I really know nothing about this area of inquiry!

 

[The Chandos]

I really don't know the answer to this. The Knize is right about Montale although as far as I know they are the only ones using aluminum (and NOT stainless steel). 99.99% of the market is using glass and I think that is testament to something since glass is completely non-reactive. It really probably all boils down to the chemical make-up of the fragrance. FYI, some companies actually use plastic (Comme des Garcon's Synthetic Series, for example), so I get the statistic - which I fabricated - is more like 99.98%.

 

[the_edski]

Glass is the best choice. Stainless is just that, it stains less than a carbon steel. It will react with the contents over a period of time. The contents would be at risk of contamination from the container. You could end up with a metallic scent compared to what you first put in the steel container. You would be hard pressed to find a manufacturer that packages good quality after shaves, colognes, or perfumes in a metallic container unless it was lined or plated with a non reactive substance. All depends on how fussy you are.

Reminds me of my Material Selection for Design professor in undergrad, he always made a humorous point that the "stainless" in stainless steel should be two words. He goes "it STAINS LESS, if it was stainproof, they would call it that!"